Liverpool vs Aston Villa – Preview, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction | EPL 2021-22

Steven Gerrard of Rangers
Steven Gerrard of Rangers

Liverpool face Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Venue: Anfield 

Key Statistics 

Liverpool are undefeated in 24 of their last 25 Premier League matches.

The Reds have managed to beat Aston Villa in four of their last six meetings across all competitions.

Aston Villa have managed to pick up three wins in their last four Premier League matches.

Head to Head

These two sides have faced each other 197 times in the past and Liverpool have managed to pick up 98 wins. Aston Villa have managed to beat the Reds 59 times.

Latest Performances in all competitions

Liverpool: WWWWWW 

Aston Villa: LLWWLW

Liverpool 

The Reds are in impressive form right now and they have managed to win their last six matches across all competitions. The home side will be hoping to pick up all three points here and close in on the league leaders Manchester City.

Liverpool have managed to win their last three home matches against Aston Villa and they will be hoping to add to that run with another comprehensive win here.

Possible Liverpool Starting Line-up

Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Jordan Henderson, Fabinho Tavares, Thiago Alcantara; Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane

Aston Villa

The West Midlands club have shown a lot of improvement since the arrival of new manager Steven Gerrard and the former Liverpool midfielder will be hoping to pull off an upset against the Reds at Anfield this weekend.

Villa are coming into this game on the back of three wins in their last four league matches and they will be reasonably confident.

Possible Aston Villa Starting Line-up

Emiliano Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Young; John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Douglas Luiz; Ramsey, Emiliano Buendia; Ollie Watkins

Prediction

Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa