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Liverpool v Arsenal: the cup week before Sunday’s Anfield meeting
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Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday 1 November, with kick-off listed for 16:30 GMT in the Premier League’s fixture amendment. Before the league meeting, both clubs had Carabao Cup fourth-round ties on the calendar.
Those cup matches make for a useful week-in-review, but dates alone cannot tell us how tired a player will be or who starts next. The records give a sequence of fixtures and results; they do not establish a causal link to Sunday’s selection.
Two cup nights, two different outcomes
The EFL round-four schedule placed Fleetwood Town v Arsenal on Tuesday 27 October and Liverpool v Chelsea on Wednesday 28 October. Fleetwood and Arsenal finished level before the hosts advanced on penalties, according to the EFL match report.
Liverpool’s Wednesday tie also went to a shootout. The club’s match report records a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in normal time and a 6-5 penalty win for the Reds. The two cup ties therefore supplied different endings, with each tie ultimately decided by a shootout.
Sunday’s time is the fixture to keep
The Premier League amendment gives Sunday’s Anfield meeting a 16:30 GMT start. It is the clearest cited source for the current date and kick-off. Readers checking older calendars should use the later competition notice rather than assume the original schedule still applies.
For the upcoming Anfield match, the full-time result prices below were captured on 29 October. Each row shows one bookmaker’s complete 1X2 line.
| Bookmaker | Liverpool | Draw | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hill | 3.0024H | 3.4024H | 2.2524H |
| Paddy Power | 2.8824H | 3.3024H | 2.3824H |
| Sky Bet | 2.8824H | 3.2524H | 2.3824H |
| Betway | 2.8824H | 3.4024H | 2.3024H |
24H —: a comparable earlier price is not available in this snapshot. Price movement is not a forecast.
| Bookmaker | Liverpool | Draw | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hill | 2/124HImplied 33.33% | 12/524HImplied 29.41% | 5/424HImplied 44.44% |
| Paddy Power | 47/2524HImplied 34.72% | 23/1024HImplied 30.30% | 69/5024HImplied 42.02% |
| Sky Bet | 47/2524HImplied 34.72% | 9/424HImplied 30.77% | 69/5024HImplied 42.02% |
| Betway | 47/2524HImplied 34.72% | 12/524HImplied 29.41% | 13/1024HImplied 43.48% |
24H —: a comparable earlier price is not available in this snapshot. Price movement is not a forecast.
What the calendar does not say
The gap between fixtures may invite questions about recovery, but this evidence does not contain a complete player-by-player minutes record, travel details or a full assessment of training load. It cannot show that either cup tie caused fatigue, injury or a change to a manager’s plans.
Nor does a cup appearance establish who will start in the league. A confirmed team sheet, once issued, will answer that question more reliably than a calendar comparison or a guess based on the previous match.
The separate 2.5-goal market quotes three or more goals as Over and zero, one or two as Under. William Hill supplied the complete exact-2.5 pair shown here; other lines are not mixed into this table.
| Bookmaker | Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| William Hill | 1.8024H | 1.9524H |
24H —: a comparable earlier price is not available in this snapshot. Price movement is not a forecast.
| Bookmaker | Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| William Hill | 4/524HImplied 55.56% | 19/2024HImplied 51.28% |
24H —: a comparable earlier price is not available in this snapshot. Price movement is not a forecast.
Decimal odds · 90 minutes plus stoppage time · captured snapshot, not a live quote · 18+.
For now, the verified story is straightforward: two midweek cup ties preceded a Sunday league meeting at Anfield. Kick-off is 16:30 GMT on 1 November.