Top-ranking Liverpool land at Aston Villa after their 2-3-result vs Manchester City. Check out our full preview!
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Liverpool could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Manchester City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Liverpool.
Aston Villa form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Aston Villa have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Villa has recorded two wins in a row here at Villa Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Aston Villa are returning here after visiting Brighton & Hove Albion and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ings (2) scored the goal(s). The attacker Ings was named "man of the match" for Aston Villa with a rating of 8.42/10. Ings scored two goals and hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Brighton & Hove Albion with a 2-1 scoreline.Goals are plentiful in this club's league rounds, with 5 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).
The Villa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Aston Villa have conceded only 6 goals.
Liverpool form and stats
There's been little loot from Liverpool's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Liverpool only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
Two away matches in a row for Liverpool, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs Manchester City in the Carabao Cup. Midfielder Fabinho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Fabinho had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Southampton.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leicester City in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Liverpool have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Liverpool struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Liverpool have won all of the 4 most recent battles versus this opponent. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  R. Firmino 7 goals |  M. Salah Ghaly 6 goals |   D. Ings 5 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Aston Villa | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 28 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 47% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14.3 | 17.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| 28% | 34% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 22% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.7 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Fulham | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Everton | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 13 |
| 19 | Southampton | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
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