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Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor is set to start in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Midfielder Abou Diaby is available because his suspension after being sent off against Bolton on Saturday does not apply to European football.
Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is likely to return to the side after serving a one-game suspension.
Defenders Alvaro Arbeloa and Fabio Aurelio are also back in the squad after overcoming injuries.
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Eboue, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Hleb, Flamini, Fabregas, Walcott, van Persie, Adebayor, Lehmann, Diaby, Bendtner, Hoyte, Senderos, Gilberto, Denilson.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Arbeloa, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Riise, Aurelio, Babel, Benayoun, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt, Voronin, Crouch, Torres, Pennant, Lucas, Itandje.
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BIG MATCH STATS
This is the first of a trilogy of matches between Arsenal and Liverpool in six days. The league fixture at the Emirates Stadium will be played on Saturday lunchtime, between the two Champions League ties.
This is the 200th meeting of the two sides in a major competitive match.
They played each other four times last season. The league fixtures were both emphatic home wins, while Arsenal knocked out Liverpool from the FA Cup (1-3) and Carling Cup (3-6), both at Anfield.
Arsene Wenger leads Rafa Benitez in the head-to-head standings between their current clubs; Arsenal have won five, Liverpool three, with one draw - this season's league match at Anfield which ended 1-1.
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European Head-to-heads
Arsenal and Liverpool have never met before in European competition.
Arsenal have played one other English club at home in a European match. Four years ago, they lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea at this stage of the Champions League and were eliminated. Liverpool have visited a fellow English club on six previous occasions on European business and are yet to win.
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Midfielder Abou Diaby is available because his suspension after being sent off against Bolton on Saturday does not apply to European football.
Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is likely to return to the side after serving a one-game suspension.
Defenders Alvaro Arbeloa and Fabio Aurelio are also back in the squad after overcoming injuries.
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Eboue, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Hleb, Flamini, Fabregas, Walcott, van Persie, Adebayor, Lehmann, Diaby, Bendtner, Hoyte, Senderos, Gilberto, Denilson.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Arbeloa, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Riise, Aurelio, Babel, Benayoun, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt, Voronin, Crouch, Torres, Pennant, Lucas, Itandje.
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BIG MATCH STATS
This is the first of a trilogy of matches between Arsenal and Liverpool in six days. The league fixture at the Emirates Stadium will be played on Saturday lunchtime, between the two Champions League ties.
This is the 200th meeting of the two sides in a major competitive match.
They played each other four times last season. The league fixtures were both emphatic home wins, while Arsenal knocked out Liverpool from the FA Cup (1-3) and Carling Cup (3-6), both at Anfield.
Arsene Wenger leads Rafa Benitez in the head-to-head standings between their current clubs; Arsenal have won five, Liverpool three, with one draw - this season's league match at Anfield which ended 1-1.
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European Head-to-heads
Arsenal and Liverpool have never met before in European competition.
Arsenal have played one other English club at home in a European match. Four years ago, they lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea at this stage of the Champions League and were eliminated. Liverpool have visited a fellow English club on six previous occasions on European business and are yet to win.
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European history
Arsenal's best European performances are their Fairs Cup win in 1970 and Cup Winners' Cup win in 1994. Their best performance in the Champions League was finishing as runners-up to FC Barcelona in 2006.
Liverpool have won the Champions Cup/Champions League five times (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005). The Anfield club have also won three Uefa Cups (1973, 1976 and 2001). The Reds were Champions League losing finalists last year, beaten 2-1 by AC Milan.
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Arsenal's best European performances are their Fairs Cup win in 1970 and Cup Winners' Cup win in 1994. Their best performance in the Champions League was finishing as runners-up to FC Barcelona in 2006.
Liverpool have won the Champions Cup/Champions League five times (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005). The Anfield club have also won three Uefa Cups (1973, 1976 and 2001). The Reds were Champions League losing finalists last year, beaten 2-1 by AC Milan.
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Current European form
Arsenal are unbeaten in 20 European home matches, 18 of which were in the Champions League. It is the fourth longest unbeaten streak in Champions League history, and two short of the English record held by Manchester United. It is still 11 matches short of the all-time record set by Bayern Munich.
Liverpool have won their last five Champions League matches, two of which were away from home. Their winning streak is the joint seventh longest in the competition's history. Arsenal hold the English record with six successive victories and Barcelona hold the competition record with nine. The last time Liverpool failed to win in CL competition was on 24 October 2007 at Besiktas (2-1).
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Arsenal are unbeaten in 20 European home matches, 18 of which were in the Champions League. It is the fourth longest unbeaten streak in Champions League history, and two short of the English record held by Manchester United. It is still 11 matches short of the all-time record set by Bayern Munich.
Liverpool have won their last five Champions League matches, two of which were away from home. Their winning streak is the joint seventh longest in the competition's history. Arsenal hold the English record with six successive victories and Barcelona hold the competition record with nine. The last time Liverpool failed to win in CL competition was on 24 October 2007 at Besiktas (2-1).
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Player and disciplinary info
Gael Clichy, Denilson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aleksandr Hleb and Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal) and Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Fabio Aurelio (Liverpool) will miss the second leg of this tie if shown a yellow card.
No Arsenal player has played in all eight matches of this season's CL campaign. Bacary Sagna has spent the most time on the field, playing 546 minutes in total.
Gael Clichy, Denilson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aleksandr Hleb and Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal) and Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Fabio Aurelio (Liverpool) will miss the second leg of this tie if shown a yellow card.
No Arsenal player has played in all eight matches of this season's CL campaign. Bacary Sagna has spent the most time on the field, playing 546 minutes in total.
Jose Reina is the only player to have started and completed all of Liverpool's CL matches this season.
Liverpool's Jermaine Pennant made three CL appearances for Arsenal in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
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Liverpool's Jermaine Pennant made three CL appearances for Arsenal in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
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Other miscellaneous facts
Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday. The Gunners were reduced to 10 men after 31 minutes when Abou Diaby was sent off but they fought back to overcome a 2-0 deficit.
Liverpool beat near neighbours and arch rivals Everton 1-0 on Sunday. Fernando Torres scored the only goal of the match.
The Merseysiders are fourth in the Premier League table, eight points behind the Gunners, who are third, six points behind leaders Manchester United.
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Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday. The Gunners were reduced to 10 men after 31 minutes when Abou Diaby was sent off but they fought back to overcome a 2-0 deficit.
Liverpool beat near neighbours and arch rivals Everton 1-0 on Sunday. Fernando Torres scored the only goal of the match.
The Merseysiders are fourth in the Premier League table, eight points behind the Gunners, who are third, six points behind leaders Manchester United.
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Definitions of terms used:-
Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93. Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93. Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League). Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded.
Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports and Peter Robinson
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