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Liverpool and Arsenal are in a straight fight for the Premier League title over April and May(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Liverpool finally return to Premier League action tonight when they welcome Everton to Anfield.

And the Reds do so on the back of Arsenal cutting their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

Mikel Arteta's side came out 2-1 victors against Fulham on Tuesday night, cutting the Reds' advantage at the top down to nine points.



With nine rounds of fixtures to go, coming out of the March international break is often a true marker for the start of the Premier League title race run-in.

Mikel Merino had put the Gunners in front in the latter stages of the first half, by which point defender Gabriel had suffered a hamstring injury and was forced into being replaced by Jakub Kiwior.

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"Worried, because he never wants to come off and he had to," Arteta responded afterwards.

Now the task falls upon Arne Slot to rally his troops for Everton and the remaining matches beyond that.

With a multitude of ways this Premier League title race could go between now and the end of May, Opta believe they have the most accurate data to predict the outcome.

Their final prediction for the table places Slot's men on an average 88.93 points, meaning they would have to take roughly 18 or 19 from the remaining 27 points they have left to play for in their final 19 matches.

Arsenal, now with eight fixtures to play, therefore have 24 points to play for.

The predictor has given them a final point total of 77.50 on average, meaning they would take another 16 or 17 points.

By these standards Liverpool would become unassailable after their trip to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on May 4 - six days before Arsenal come to Anfield in the third-from-last game of the season.


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