Premier League preview and news: Liverpool - Aston Villa at Anfield

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Liverpool will battle it out with Aston Villa in this Premier League game. Everything you should learn about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Aston Villa have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

Aston Villa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.

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Liverpool form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Anfield, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Liverpool last season were 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 19 games.

Liverpool are returning here after visiting Newcastle United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Núñez (2) scored the goal(s). Alisson loved the game against Newcastle United. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.

Before that, Liverpool had a home game versus AFC Bournemouth which ended with a victory 3-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Liverpool at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Things could have gone better for Aston Villa in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

The followers enjoyed Villa's previous fixture versus Hibernian, a Europa Conference League win (3-0) played at home. Midfielder Bailey was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.81. Bailey scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 26 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Burnley at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Aston Villa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Aston Villa has managed {4 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Liverpool have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Aston Villa.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
2 goals
LiverpoolD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
2 goals
Aston VillaM. Cash
M. Cash
2 goals

Liverpool missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Liverpool Aston Villa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 0 4 8
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 6 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.7 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 6
3.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.3
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 26 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 15
5 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.5 6.7
40% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 40%
 
15.3 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 11.7
5.7 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7.5 5.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
Liverpool Last season Aston Villa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 13   Won W   6 18
10 5   Drew D   5 7
9 1   Lost L   8 13
75 46   Scored S   18 51
47 17   Conceded C   25 46
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
74% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
61% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 47%
37% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
24% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
21% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 21%
 
6.2 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
3.5 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.6
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
16.1 17.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11.3
5.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.9
35% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 34%
 
9.7 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 11.4
4.2 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.3

  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 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 West Ham United 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
3 Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
4 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 Arsenal 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
7 Aston Villa 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 6
8 Manchester United 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
9 Brentford 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
10 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4
11 Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
12 Fulham 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
13 Newcastle United 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
14 Nottingham Forest 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 -1 3
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 3
16 AFC Bournemouth 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 1
17 Sheffield United 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
18 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
19 Luton Town 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0
20 Everton 3 0 0 3 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 0
Last season 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 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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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.