Tomorrow will bring a certain ambivalence to Anfield on an afternoon when there ought only to be unmitigated excitement at the start of a new campaign. The ownership issues linger yet supporters who yearn for the club to be bought must also wish the best for the manager Roy Hodgson. However, the visitors could also be uneasy since Arsène Wenger has not yet made the signings to give Arsenal a greater durability and key players such as Cesc Fábregas and Robin van Persie have yet to reach optimum fitness. Kevin McCarra

Venue Anfield, Sunday 4pm

Tickets £43-45 (0151 263 9199)

Last season Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2

Referee M Atkinson

This season's matches 30 Y123, R5, 4.27 cards per game

Odds Liverpool 6-4 Arsenal 2-1 Draw 23-10

LiverpoolSubs from Cavalieri, Aquilani, Torres, Aurélio, Pacheco, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Babel, Mascherano, Wilson, Spearing, Poulsen, Shelvey, Kelly, Ayala, Amoo, El Zhar

Doubtful Reina (shoulder), Skrtel (ankle), Torres (groin)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form guide n/a

Disciplinary record (last season) Y56 R5

Leading scorer (last season) Torres 18

ArsenalSubs from Fabianski, Gibbs, Eboué, Song, Frimpong, Wilshere, Rosicky, Lansbury, Emmanuel-Thomas, Van Persie, Denílson

Doubtful Denílson (abdominal), Diaby (calf), Song (calf), Fábregas, Van Persie (both match fitness)

Injured Bendtner (groin, Sep), Djourou (hamstring, Sep), Ramsey (broken leg, Nov)

Suspended None

Form guide n/a

Disciplinary record (last season) Y56 R1

Leading scorer (last season) Fábregas 15

Match pointers? Liverpool have won only three of their last 18 top-flight ecounters with Arsenal

? Andrei Arshavin has scored five goals from just six shots on target in two visits to Anfield in the Premier League

? Liverpool hit the woodwork more times (16) than any other side in 2009-10

? Since January, Arsenal have failed to win a league away game without the opposition having a player sent off

? Liverpool v Arsenal has featured more hat-tricks scored (five) than any other fixture in the history of the Premier League