Game preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Liverpool meet Aston Villa

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

The host team, Liverpool, should be front runners in this match, but Aston Villa have exhibited both ability and spirit. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aston Villa have scored away.

Aston Villa is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Liverpool and Aston Villa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool have performed here at Anfield this season with 13 wins from 18 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Liverpool tasted defeat here at Anfield, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

It's back home for Liverpool, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Leicester City away with the result 3-0. Jones (2) and Alexander-Arnold found the net in that victory. Midfield player Jones got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Jones scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 66 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brentford in a game that was won 1-0.

Goals decide football matches and Liverpool are scoring many of them at home; 45 on target from 18 league matches. Liverpool are not conceding a lot of goals here at Anfield in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. Villa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Aston Villa won their last game, 2-1 versus Tottenham Hotspur played at home. Midfield player Luiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Luiz scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 61 successful passes (of 65 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers before that.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Villa have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 5 latest games involving these opponents have all ended as Liverpool victories. More of the same or streak broken?

Liverpool and Aston Villa have faced off already this season: Aston Villa - Liverpool 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
19 goals
Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
14 goals
LiverpoolR. Firmino
R. Firmino
9 goals

Liverpool missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Aston Villa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
19 13 4 Won W 1 6 17
8 4 2 Drew D 0 4 6
9 1 0 Lost L 4 8 13
70 45 9 Scored S 4 17 48
42 16 4 Conceded C 11 24 44
89% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
72% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 78%
61% 56% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 39% 47%
36% 39% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 17% 22%
22% 28% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 47%
39% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 33%
22% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 22%
 
6 6.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.4
3.6 2.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6 5.6
1.4 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.8 17.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 5.4 10.8 11.4
5.5 6.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 3.2 3.9
35% 41% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 34%
 
9.6 8.3 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.3 11.5
4 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 5.3 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aston Villa have scored away.
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 35 18 12 5 63 31 17 10 5 2 32 13 18 8 7 3 31 18 32 66
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 17 7 10 66 45 17 9 3 5 33 19 17 8 4 5 33 26 21 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 35 18 12 5 63 31 17 10 5 2 32 13 18 8 7 3 31 18 32 66
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 17 7 10 66 45 17 9 3 5 33 19 17 8 4 5 33 26 21 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.