Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Sakanwa]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

[rahmad2nd]

Actually, the target of achieving four titles is quite reasonable because Liverpool is actually capable of doing that, but in reality they had to forget about that beautiful dream because they had to be eliminated very painfully by Manchester United. Now Liverpool are once again hoping for luck in the Premier League and Europa League, of course the two remaining trophies are prestigious enough to always be able to get. The opportunities for the Reds are quite open, it's just that Klopp must always be self-aware and use yesterday's defeat as a lesson. But what is clear is that it is not easy for anyone to win the EPL trophy.

This competition is still interesting enough for us to take part in competing for trophies, including Liverpool.  Jurgen Klopp's squad has a chance to win the Premier League trophy, even though they failed to advance to the FA Cup semi-finals, but Liverpool still has a great chance of competing for this competition. Plus, Liverpool's chances of winning the Europa League trophy are quite big. It's just that their progress will not be easy to win trophies in two different competitions, Liverpool will definitely have to work hard to realize their mission. This season, it is a momentum for Jurgen Klopp who has to prepare his team's squad for the last 10 matches in the Premier League. In his final season with Liverpool, Kloop will definitely do his best for the club, its supporters and the team squad under his care.

However, if Liverpool make a mistake and slip up, it will be very difficult for them to regain the points their competitors have in the Premier League. including in the Europa League, but at least the chance to reach the final round of the Europa League is very open for Jurgen Kloop's team. For me, the toughest opposing team for Liverpool is Leverkusen. yeah, that's if both teams both qualify for the final round. well, there are no other words other than let's just follow Liverpool's progress until this season ends. Whether it works or not, we'll find out soon.

[nelson4lov]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

There are no EPL matches this weekend due to the international break that has already started. All games resume next weekend but that's by the way. And yes, you're right about Liverpool club and fans looking forward to that City and Arsenal game because it might be the make or break moment of the title race. If Arsenal wins, that means, Liverpool will have to start scoring plenty of goals so they can meet Arsenal in terms of goal difference. If City wins? Liverpool still tops with 1 point but I'm sure Klopp and his team will prefer to have arsenal in second place rather than City. Too much trauma from City's comeback in recent years.

[Sexylizzy2813]

That game wasn't even a game that Man UTD would come out alive, it was suppose to be all about Liverpool with their outstanding form both in the EPL and Europa league, now we get to see a team that's not even close to their (Liverpool) standard to knock the Liverpool side out of the FA Cup, is really disappointing coming from Klopp and his boys.
This win doesn't show how good and promising the Manchester United team are because they have a way of messing up their performance in the next game, they can't be trusted even ETH knows his team can't stay consistent, so this win against Liverpool is not convincing enough to say they can win their next game.
If Liverpool can't get a win in that game (FA CUP) I think this is the time for them to start struggling in the EPL and the top 3 is going to be hotter than they can imagine unless Arsenal will start losing points for Liverpool to top them, but let's see what Klopp can do to amend his mistake.

That match really surprised me honestly, Manchester united players fought like wounded lions . I thought that match meant easy win for Liverpool, but with all their squad, they lost out of the competition. Somehow the results impressed me to see Liverpool lose their position for underestimating Manchester united. They started that match thinking that its a walkover, only after they conceded the first goal that they observed that Manchester united were very determined in that game.
Their determination paid off eventually and they sealed their place in the next round.

I never expected Liverpool to look down on any club at this time of the season because this is the moment that even the smallest team in the EPL will be very hard to defeat and from how Man UTD have been struggling with form we all thought it was going to be a quick win but it wasn't, it went the other way, like they say "the better side won the game" to me it wasn't and I can also say it was base on luck.
The international break is on and I feel it would be bad for Man UTD when they return, same thing happened with Chelsea after beating a team (forgotten the name of the team) with a better display they went to the international break and by the time they got back that high winning mentality just went off so I believe same thing might happen to Man UTD.

[bayu7adi]

There are no EPL matches this weekend due to the international break that has already started. All games resume next weekend but that's by the way. And yes, you're right about Liverpool club and fans looking forward to that City and Arsenal game because it might be the make or break moment of the title race. If Arsenal wins, that means, Liverpool will have to start scoring plenty of goals so they can meet Arsenal in terms of goal difference. If City wins? Liverpool still tops with 1 point but I'm sure Klopp and his team will prefer to have arsenal in second place rather than City. Too much trauma from City's comeback in recent years.

If that goes according to schedule, then the end of March should be the day of the big match. The battle for position 1 for the top 3 teams is very hot, because Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal only have tight points. This is indeed the moment to stop Man City's dominance in recent years, and I support Liverpool to be able to lift the EPL trophy this season.

Man City is getting more and more boring because of Guardiola. This team is too strong and it seems like there are no competitors to make the league exciting. Except this season, I see there is great hope to knock Man City from its league glory.

Suppose Man City and Arsenal draw at the end of this month, and Liverpool win against Brighton. This may be the starting point for a new history of stopping Man City from dominating the league. Or better yet, I see Man City being beaten by Arteta.

[asriloni]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

I aware about that too.

Here's the odds for this game



City is favoring to win the game against Arsenal, but it needs to be noted that Manchester City is unlikely to win easily. Arsenal is working hard to make City lose three points and it can become the last effort for arsenal to prevent city in winning the trophy. Additionally, it will eliminate one of Arsenal's potential competitors.
Manchester City may also see this as a way to knock Arsenal out of the title race consider arsenal will stay in the same place if it will not able to get three points. The winner of this match will gain a significant advantage at the end of the season by owning more points and loser will have harder way to stick onto the winner from this match. It's interesting to see how much will be going on.

I expect a difficult game with so many shots and attacks by both of clubs. The main weakness of these clubs was the low-block strategy. It will be very interesting to see if City uses this strategy as well as quick counterattacks, to defeat Arsenal. The main weakness from the club that played openly when you were going low block against it.
This is the most intriguing match that will occur in the future. I believe that this is a critical match that will decide whether City or Arsenal will lead the league soon.

The loser of this match has the potential to exit the title race as well.

[hd49728]

Here's the odds for this game



City is favoring to win the game against Arsenal, but it needs to be noted that Manchester City is unlikely to win easily. Arsenal is working hard to make City lose three points and it can become the last effort for arsenal to prevent city in winning the trophy. Additionally, it will eliminate one of Arsenal's potential competitors.
Manchester City may also see this as a way to knock Arsenal out of the title race consider arsenal will stay in the same place if it will not able to get three points. The winner of this match will gain a significant advantage at the end of the season by owning more points and loser will have harder way to stick onto the winner from this match. It's interesting to see how much will be going on.

Both teams want to win this match but Manchester City have more stressful reason to win it than Arsenal. Arsenal can lose the first position if they don't get three points from this match but at least if they have one point, they will continue to stay above Manchester City.

With Manchester City, if they can not get three points, they will surely stand behind Arsenal and will also stand under Liverpool too. So Manchester City actually want to win this match seriously and it is a match at their home stadium too.

Arsenal will not come to Etihad stadium to lose so to get three points from Arsenal, Manchester City will actually fight hard to beat a tough opponent.

[Oluwa-btc]

With the squad that Liverpool currently has, it is indeed difficult to target four trophies, especially since Liverpool has injured players, so it becomes an obstacle for Liverpool to focus on each competition, we can see this in the FA Cup against Manchester City. United. Klopp was too afraid of his players getting injured. This was proven when Liverpool played well. Klopp actually made substitutions so that in the end Man United managed to recover.

But true. Liverpool currently still has the opportunity to win the EPL and European League trophies. These two trophies are very prestigious, of course Klopp is more focused on this competition than other competitions. Klopp wants to leave Liverpool with a good impression, so I predict Liverpool will get at least one trophy this season between the EPL League and the Europa League.

Liverpool had chances of burying that game but they failed to do that. And even when they was ahead of the game with that deflected goal from Eliott, they could have still won but they had a bad defense which is not a good one of they're to win the Premier League Competition. The partnership of Konate and Virgil Van Dirk has got to be very solid, right now these players used to pair the Dutchman are not having high standards. But we'll understood, they're youngins developing and improving.

Winning the Premier League Competition now comes at a cost, they should either focus one direction at this point with this kind of Injured squad.
I have also forgotten who they was matched up with during the recent draws. They haven't been bad anyways, they are gradually getting worned out.
Winning both the Premier League Competition and also the European Europa League Competition wouldn't be any way easy-going.

[Sebas.tian]

Actually, the target of achieving four titles is quite reasonable because Liverpool is actually capable of doing that, but in reality they had to forget about that beautiful dream because they had to be eliminated very painfully by Manchester United. Now Liverpool are once again hoping for luck in the Premier League and Europa League, of course the two remaining trophies are prestigious enough to always be able to get. The opportunities for the Reds are quite open, it's just that Klopp must always be self-aware and use yesterday's defeat as a lesson. But what is clear is that it is not easy for anyone to win the EPL trophy.

With the squad that Liverpool currently has, it is indeed difficult to target four trophies, especially since Liverpool has injured players, so it becomes an obstacle for Liverpool to focus on each competition, we can see this in the FA Cup against Manchester City. United. Klopp was too afraid of his players getting injured. This was proven when Liverpool played well. Klopp actually made substitutions so that in the end Man United managed to recover.

But true. Liverpool currently still has the opportunity to win the EPL and European League trophies. These two trophies are very prestigious, of course Klopp is more focused on this competition than other competitions. Klopp wants to leave Liverpool with a good impression, so I predict Liverpool will get at least one trophy this season between the EPL League and the Europa League.

Liverpool is doing well in this season not to give any team chance from the premier league table, but Arsenal succeeded to take over the first position from them in their last match because they shared points in their home with Manchester city. You can use that FA cup to know that Manchester city will never allow Liverpool to win this title, because they always prove to people that they are capable to make things happen again like the way it happened last season. Even though Liverpool want to get a title in this season, i don't think it will be premier league title because such dream will never come to pass for Liverpool.

[Solokan]

Here's the odds for this game



City is favoring to win the game against Arsenal, but it needs to be noted that Manchester City is unlikely to win easily. Arsenal is working hard to make City lose three points and it can become the last effort for arsenal to prevent city in winning the trophy. Additionally, it will eliminate one of Arsenal's potential competitors.
Manchester City may also see this as a way to knock Arsenal out of the title race consider arsenal will stay in the same place if it will not able to get three points. The winner of this match will gain a significant advantage at the end of the season by owning more points and loser will have harder way to stick onto the winner from this match. It's interesting to see how much will be going on.

Both teams want to win this match but Manchester City have more stressful reason to win it than Arsenal. Arsenal can lose the first position if they don't get three points from this match but at least if they have one point, they will continue to stay above Manchester City.

With Manchester City, if they can not get three points, they will surely stand behind Arsenal and will also stand under Liverpool too. So Manchester City actually want to win this match seriously and it is a match at their home stadium too.

Arsenal will not come to Etihad stadium to lose so to get three points from Arsenal, Manchester City will actually fight hard to beat a tough opponent.

An interesting match and the final meeting of the season this between Manchester City and Arsenal will certainly be a tense match. Manchester City's first meeting against Arsenal was when Manchester City lost with a narrow score of 1-0. So in the upcoming match between Arsenal and Manchester City, many people will definitely predict that Manchester City will win. But yes, I agree with you that in the next match it certainly won't be easy for Manchester City to beat Arsenal.

However, I am sure that the squad that Manchester City currently has will make Manchester City have the potential to win because in the first meeting between Manchester City and Arsenal at that time De Bruyne was still injured, so by adding De Bruyne to the Manchester City I am sure that Manchester City will have great potential to win in the next match.

Of course both teams want to win the match so the competition will be even more difficult because of the small difference in points, but Arteta will definitely be enthusiastic about training Arsenal to lead Arsenal to become champions this season. I can't wait to see the match whether Pep's troops or Arteta's troops will win.

[Barikui1]

Actually, the target of achieving four titles is quite reasonable because Liverpool is actually capable of doing that, but in reality they had to forget about that beautiful dream because they had to be eliminated very painfully by Manchester United. Now Liverpool are once again hoping for luck in the Premier League and Europa League, of course the two remaining trophies are prestigious enough to always be able to get. The opportunities for the Reds are quite open, it's just that Klopp must always be self-aware and use yesterday's defeat as a lesson. But what is clear is that it is not easy for anyone to win the EPL trophy.

With the squad that Liverpool currently has, it is indeed difficult to target four trophies, especially since Liverpool has injured players, so it becomes an obstacle for Liverpool to focus on each competition, we can see this in the FA Cup against Manchester City. United. Klopp was too afraid of his players getting injured. This was proven when Liverpool played well. Klopp actually made substitutions so that in the end Man United managed to recover.

But true. Liverpool currently still has the opportunity to win the EPL and European League trophies. These two trophies are very prestigious, of course Klopp is more focused on this competition than other competitions. Klopp wants to leave Liverpool with a good impression, so I predict Liverpool will get at least one trophy this season between the EPL League and the Europa League.

Liverpool is doing well in this season not to give any team chance from the premier league table, but Arsenal succeeded to take over the first position from them in their last match because they shared points in their home with Manchester city. You can use that FA cup to know that Manchester city will never allow Liverpool to win this title, because they always prove to people that they are capable to make things happen again like the way it happened last season. Even though Liverpool want to get a title in this season, i don't think it will be premier league title because such dream will never come to pass for Liverpool.

I really don't think so bro, the performance of this Liverpool team has really been top notch this season and to me, it would really be deserving if they won the premier league, because though arsenal team have been trying, but I don't think they have all it takes to wrestle this title away from the likes of Manchester city and Liverpool.

And as for Manchester city, though their experience and past record speaks for them, and makes them favorite for the title but, they are not good enough to win it, because to me, they are not as good as they were last season, this season they have practically struggled against the top teams, it's only Manchester united they have won which show how far they have declined from last season, that's the main reason I would be giving the title to Liverpool.

[DanWalker]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

This match is very important. And I will say if Arsenal can win this match then Arsenal will be Premier League champions this year. I say this because Arsenal's performance is very stable right now. A few days ago, the Arsenal team defeated the Liverpool team, one of the rivals for the title this season, 3-1. Now, if Arsenal can beat Manchester City, then Arsenal will advance a lot in the race to win the title.

Arsenal have won their last two head-to-head matches against Manchester City and Manchester City have won their previous three matches. Arsenal beat City 1-0 in their home match this season. Now wait to see if Manchester City can avenge their earlier defeat at home.

[Google+]

This match is very important. And I will say if Arsenal can win this match then Arsenal will be Premier League champions this year. I say this because Arsenal's performance is very stable right now. A few days ago, the Arsenal team defeated the Liverpool team, one of the rivals for the title this season, 3-1. Now, if Arsenal can beat Manchester City, then Arsenal will advance a lot in the race to win the title.

Arsenal have won their last two head-to-head matches against Manchester City and Manchester City have won their previous three matches. Arsenal beat City 1-0 in their home match this season. Now wait to see if Manchester City can avenge their earlier defeat at home.

The Arsenal vs Manchester City match will be a final for both teams to win the league this season, yes so far Manchester City actually has a better record than Arsenal when the two teams meet each other, but in recent seasons Arsenal have also begun to be able to keep up with Manchester United's game such as when Arsenal beat Manchester City in the Community Shield Cup and also the first match of the season at the Emirates,  But I think still the mentality possessed by the Manchester City squad is still better than Arsenal.

Before the two teams face the bigmatch, both must release the players for the international match so of course both teams will please be anxious about the condition of their players before the match starts, I think maybe the match will be greatly influenced by the performance and also the mentality possessed by players from Manchester City and Arsenal, especially they only have three days after the international break to prepare for the match The match later, playing at home certainly provides many advantages for Manchester City because they fully get a lot of motivational support from the fans so that at least it will be psywar for Arsenal in the match later.

[Josefjix]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

The EPL title champion is among Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool this season. Watching these club's performance, they've been outstanding and matching forward to make significance changes in matches. Manchester City will only be able to drive into key matches without the assistance of other teams, Pep Guardiola knows what to do but having barrier on his path does seem threatening. Pep Guardiola will shake hands again with one of his best assistant, Mikel Arteta. Gunners having good record against the Citizens in previous meetings, they will travel to Etihad stadium to face Manchester City in the second round of the EPL this season.

[makishart]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

The international break makes me sad because the match between Arsenal and Manchester City was postponed. At the end of the month, this match became the most interesting match. Many people have been waiting for this match to happen but we must be patience.
Manchester City and Arsenal will not get a draw in the upcoming game, which only gives Liverpool a big chance to win the competition. The draw is the worst result that a team can achieve at the end of a season like this. It also gives Liverpool a bigger advantage than when City or Arsenal lose the game soon.
The draw shall become the result that needs to be anticipated. It will put arsenal and city in the harder position to catch liverpool that may be winning in the next game against mediocre club. It's certain that manchester city must be winning the upcoming game or it will be on disaster.
Beating arsenal is a must for manchester city to ensure club will not lose chance to win against it soon. Expect BTTS is likely to happen in the match between city and arsenal.

[wiss19]

This is what all Manchester United fans have been hoping for, but unfortunately the team's performance to date is still very unstable. Manchester United must be able to maintain its best performance in every match, so that many plans can be achieved at the end of the season, including winning the title. I'm happy with their recent performance, so I hope Ten Hag can keep it up for the rest of the season.

All the fans expected the improvement of Man United under Ten Hag's management. However, it seems the fans have tired with Man United and Ten Hag because they always played inconsistently. Although they could beat Liverpool in the recent match of FA Cup, it is unlikely to guarantee anything. I just beleive that Man United to reach the final of FA Cup because they only need to play against Coventry in the semi-final. I think Man United is lucky to face a small team. But it seems hard to win the trophy because they may face Man City in the final match.

At the end of the 2023, things were really on track for the Manchester United and hopes were also high for them to stay into top four for another season but their inconsistency and lack of players depth bring them down currently they are at the 6th spot with chances are no good for them to stay here or go above because their performance is still not as par requirement but as they have some improvement this is positive sign specially their win against Liverpool in FA Cup is big booster for them at this stage but still they needed more improvement which give them better chance for staying at this level and have better things for the future as well.

In remaining matches if they are going to play with their full strength and have consistency then surely we can expect they could be achieved something which was missing throughout the season with their inconsistency even they have enough quality players which can give them better than current level and performance level.

[Hvdv]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

10 matches is too many matches. Anything can happen in these 10-game periods. Right now, I see the championship probability of all three teams as the same. I would like it to be Liverpool, but I would like it to be Arsenal more. The title is a significant achievement and Arsenal have been longing for it for many years.

[samuraijin]

Arsenal will not come to Etihad stadium to lose so to get three points from Arsenal, Manchester City will actually fight hard to beat a tough opponent.

I don't know whether this match will be like the Man United and Liverpool match or not, but what is clear is that this is a life and death match between the two clubs, so it is not surprising that both of them are guaranteed to sell and buy attacks in this match, plus these two clubs are really in  busy with the Champions League and concentration will be broken and stamina will be drained by this match. Arsenal must focus on Bayer Munich and Man City must also focus on facing Real Madrid, so in my opinion the match on the 31st will be a crucial match for both  Man City and Arsenal clubs, both managers have worked together as tacticians, so it is not surprising that Arsenal and Man City will apply the same strategy as both of them.

[W Jr.]

Weekend match between Mancity and Arsenal is going to be a very tough match as the both team battle it out to become EPL champions, however, Liverpool is also among the three teams pushing it hard to win the league as well.The season is coming  to an end as it is left with just 10 games before the season ends.If Liverpool wins their matck,and Arsenal and Mancity gets a draw,then Liverpool will go up top again,and maybe this time, Liverpool will no longer come down because they have played almost all the teams that would have given them headache.So all Liverpool fans and players will be praying for a draw between Arsenal and City.

There are no EPL matches this weekend due to the international break that has already started. All games resume next weekend but that's by the way. And yes, you're right about Liverpool club and fans looking forward to that City and Arsenal game because it might be the make or break moment of the title race. If Arsenal wins, that means, Liverpool will have to start scoring plenty of goals so they can meet Arsenal in terms of goal difference. If City wins? Liverpool still tops with 1 point but I'm sure Klopp and his team will prefer to have arsenal in second place rather than City. Too much trauma from City's comeback in recent years.

City are still very good at making late arrivals. Because they are stable in terms of performance, they are always a threat even if they are behind. They showed this last year. The star players in his squad are already doing their best. There are also the working dynamics of the team. While everything is going well, Manchester City always poses a threat to the leading team. There may be a three-team championship race by the end of this year. I'm ready for this and the competition makes the remaining matches very exciting

[Majestic-milf]

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It was really shocking to me by the performance of the manager of Liverpool, because to me he was the one that made this Liverpool side lost the game yesterday by his wrong substitutions in the game, he took out the people that have most influence in the game from this Liverpool team, and that emboldened Manchester united to start having that believe that they can come back into the game, which they did, and eventually won it on extra time, So I think that now they will have more focus on the premier league and the uefa Europa league, but it's not a good thing to throw away an opportunity to lift a trophy for another one which you aren't sure of winning.

Well it's true Jurgen was to blame for the poor performance of his boys but I guess he had settled within himself that in life you lose some and win some. Imagine this were the Premier league I doubt he'd do that because there will be a lot riding on his decision. Let's say he had to sub his best players to bring on the average ones so he can at least rest them for the game in front with Brighton as I regard that game more important than this one they played against Man UTD.
Right now, Liverpool are second place with 64 points but the Gunners have the advantage over them with goal difference and I don't think they will joke with the game by letting the opposition take advantage because that would mean a drop in points and I doubt they may be able to come back if that should ever happen.