Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 27 August 2017

Result

Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 27 August 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool defeated Arsenal 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (17'), Sadio Mané (40'), Mohamed Salah (57') and Daniel Sturridge (77'). Arsenal did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Arsenal 13th on 3 points from 2. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (8.8), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Dejan LovrenLiverpool
  • 22'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckArsenal
  • 23'Yellow card · Joe GomezLiverpool
  • 40'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 49'Yellow card · M. ÖzilArsenal
  • 57'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 3-0
  • 73'Yellow card · R. HoldingArsenal
  • 77'Goal · Daniel SturridgeLiverpool · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 3, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Rob Holding, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Héctor Bellerín, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Danny Welbeck