Key facts and figures ahead of Arsenal tie

Liverpool have now gone 559 minutes without conceding a Premier League goal away from home since Robin van Persie scored for Manchester United at Old Trafford on December 14. 

Since that date, the Reds have kept six league clean sheets in succession on the road and if they shut Arsenal out today they will set a new club record of seven.

This fixture is a clash of the teams who have accumulated the most Premier League points in 2015 - Arsenal 27, Liverpool 26.

Earlier this season, in the final fixture before Christmas, the sides drew 2-2 at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho put the Reds in front in but Arsenal equalised almost immediately through Mathieu Debuchy (his first goal for the Gunners).

The sides met twice at the Emirates last season, with Arsenal wining both games. In the league they ran out 2-0 winners and the Gunners ended Liverpool's FA Cup hopes (eight days after the Reds had thrashed them 5-1 in the Premier League) by winning 2-1. 

In league and cup there has not been a goalless stalemate between the teams since January 1999 (at Highbury). Since then, 40 meetings home and away have produced at least one goal in each. The Reds have scored in 12 of the last 15 visits in all competitions.

The Reds' biggest Premier League win at Arsenal is their last - a 2-0 victory in August 2011, with an own goal from Aaron Ramsey and a strike from substitute Luis Suarez.

Kolo Toure made 225 league appearances for Arsenal between 2002-09, scoring 14 goals in 326 games. He made his Gunners debut against Liverpool in the FA Community Shield in Cardiff in 2002.

Steven Gerrard's suspension denies him the opportunity to make his 500th league appearance for Liverpool.

Two victories from the remaining five away games will see the Reds record 10 away wins for a second successive season for the first time since 1989-90.

Liverpool have won 199 Premier League points since Brendan Rodgers became manager (this will be his 107th match in charge).

Manchester United (twice) are the only team to defeat Liverpool in the league since late November, while only Everton have prevented Liverpool from scoring in the last 14 league games.

A win for Arsenal will put them second in the table for a time, two points above Manchester City and four behind leaders Chelsea.

The Gunners have finished in the top-four in each of the last 18 seasons. The last time they failed to achieve the feat was under Bruce Rioch in 1995-96. Since then they been champions three times, second on five occasions, third in four seasons and fourth six times.

They reached the Champions League for a 17th successive season and emerged from the group phase for a 15th consecutive campaign.

Arsenal have won each of their last eight home league games - their best sequence since they racked up 13 victories in a row between February and November 2005.

They are unbeaten at home in the top-flight since losing 2-1 to Manchester United on November 22.

In all competitions they have recorded nine wins in the last 10 outings - the blemish being the 3-1 home defeat to Monaco in the Champions League.

Olivier Giroud has scored 11 goals in his last 13 league games while in league and cup he has nine goals from his last eight starts, while Alexis Sanchez has scored one goal in his last 12 appearances.