Liverpool are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Aston Villa

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

A quick look at the Premier League standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Check out our Liverpool - Aston Villa match guide!

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Aston Villa.

The hosts Liverpool saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Milan.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Anfield. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Liverpool are returning here after visiting Milan in a Champions League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Origi and Salah scored the goal(s). Konstantinos Tsimikas, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Tsimikas hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers and winning 1-0.

Goals are plentiful at Anfield in the league this season as Liverpool has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Liverpool are not conceding a lot of goals here at Anfield in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Aston Villa have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-0-5 (7 played).

Villa won their last game, 2-1 versus Leicester City played at home. Defender Ezri Konsa was the best team player with a rating of 8.4. Konsa scored two goals and won 3 of 6 duels.

A 1-2 loss hosting Manchester City before that.

With the home team identified as having a winning chance of around 80% by the bookmakers, any beneficial result for the away team would be an eye-opener. Checking historical games with similar odds and Villa as the visiting side, we found one results. The data from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The visitors lost one of these games by a margin of at least two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Aston Villa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Norwich City is waiting in only three days.

Villa find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Villa have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Liverpool victories, zero draws and three Aston Villa wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
13 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
8 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
7 goals

Liverpool missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Liverpool Aston Villa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
10 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 8
44 18 6 Scored S 2 7 21
12 5 2 Conceded C 5 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 87%
80% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 67%
60% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 27%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
40% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 60%
60% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 27%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 13%
 
7.7 7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.1 5
3.3 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.7 5.7
1.3 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
19.3 19.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12 11.4
7.1 7.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.5
41% 36% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 40%
 
8.7 8.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 19.7 15.4 13.5
3.1 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Liverpool's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aston Villa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Aston Villa.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+32) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 11 2 2 32 9 7 5 1 1 17 3 8 6 1 1 15 6 23 35
2 Liverpool 15 10 4 1 44 12 7 4 3 0 18 5 8 6 1 1 26 7 32 34
3 Chelsea 15 10 3 2 35 9 7 4 2 1 18 4 8 6 1 1 17 5 26 33
4 West Ham United 15 8 3 4 28 19 8 4 2 2 16 12 7 4 1 2 12 7 9 27
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 8 1 5 16 17 8 6 0 2 11 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -1 25
6 Manchester United 15 7 3 5 25 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 7 3 2 2 11 11 1 24
7 Arsenal 15 7 2 6 18 22 7 5 1 1 12 6 8 2 1 5 6 16 -4 23
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 6 3 6 12 13 8 3 1 4 5 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 -1 21
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 4 8 3 14 16 7 2 3 2 6 8 8 2 5 1 8 8 -2 20
10 Aston Villa 15 6 1 8 21 24 8 4 1 3 14 11 7 2 0 5 7 13 -3 19
11 Leicester City 15 5 4 6 23 27 7 3 1 3 11 12 8 2 3 3 12 15 -4 19
12 Everton 15 5 3 7 19 25 8 4 1 3 13 13 7 1 2 4 6 12 -6 18
13 Brentford 15 4 5 6 19 21 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 2 4 2 11 12 -2 17
14 Crystal Palace 15 3 7 5 19 21 7 2 4 1 10 6 8 1 3 4 9 15 -2 16
15 Leeds United 15 3 7 5 15 22 8 2 4 2 9 11 7 1 3 3 6 11 -7 16
16 Southampton 15 3 7 5 14 21 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -7 16
17 Watford 15 4 1 10 20 29 8 2 1 5 10 17 7 2 0 5 10 12 -9 13
18 Burnley 14 1 7 6 14 21 6 1 3 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 10
19 Newcastle United 15 1 7 7 17 30 8 1 4 3 12 17 7 0 3 4 5 13 -13 10
20 Norwich City 15 2 4 9 8 31 7 1 2 4 5 11 8 1 2 5 3 20 -23 10

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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.