Aston Villa take on in-form Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday, a tough test for the Reds in their attempt to move closer to the top four. They have won three of their last four games and moved up to eighth spot in the Premier League table but they will need more wins in order to achieve Champions League qualification. Last week Liverpool defeated Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light thanks to Lazar Markovic's first goal for the club. Adam Lallana could be back to full fitness after recovering from a thigh problem
Aston Villa had a great start to the season, they even defeated Liverpool at Anfield 1-0, but things went downhill since then for Paul Lambert's men. They have grabbed just 12 points since that match, which was in September, and scored just seven goals in seventeen games. The poor streak dropped them to 13th place in the Premier League table, just three points above the relegation zone.
Lambert made a move on the transfer market by bringing in Carles Gil from Valencia, a 22-year-old Spanish playmaker that could improve the side's creativity. Ciaran Clark is banned for the match while Ron Vlaar and Philippe Senderos are injured. Liverpool have Daniel Sturridge, Glen Johnson and Jon Flanagan back in training but they are not yet ready to play while Joe Allen is still injured. An interesting fact is that the home team have not won any of the last seven matches between these two clubs.
Probable line-ups:
Aston Villa: Guzan - Hutton, Okore, Baker, Cissokho - Westwood, Cleverley, Delph - Agbonlahor, Benteke, Weimann
Liverpool: Mignolet - Can, Skrtel, Sakho - Manquillo, Henderson, Lucas, Moreno - Coutinho, Markovic, Sterling
My prediction: Liverpool to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Aston Villa win - 7/2 Draw - 13/5 Liverpool win - 10/11
Shumar4life
9 years ago
Liverpool showes their true capacity and they are playing much better then in first half of the season. This looked like one easy match for them, but it wasn't but what is the most important thing is that they managed to win this game. They must focuse on upcoming matches, and I believe that second part of the season will...
Liverpool showes their true capacity and they are playing much better then in first half of the season. This looked like one easy match for them, but it wasn't but what is the most important thing is that they managed to win this game. They must focuse on upcoming matches, and I believe that second part of the season will be in their mark
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Johnajax 9 years ago
Another game where Aston Villa don't have an idea how to score and of course another lose for them. But on the other side this is great victory for Liverpool and they are now in good form and if they continue to play like this they can count on fourth place and playing in champions league next year.
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Belmin 9 years ago
Game was hard, Aston Villa tried but Liverpool was better,you achieve two golas which was enouhg to win the three points, in my opinion is one of Liverpool the strongest teams of the England league but he is 7 on the table but has time to fix it.
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edobp 9 years ago
We can say that this is an average game. Both teams are trying to take control of the game, but unsuccessfully. Overall they were equal. The home team is playing fast and vertical football, as well as visitors.
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sharpe
9 years ago
Obviously Liverpool are the big favourites in this game. Aston Villa do it enough every season to stay in the Premier league but nothing morefor their ambitions. Liverpool ate also not very good among the season but I think they are in better shape lately so will be unexpected if they don't win that.
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Johnajax 9 years ago
I don't know what is going on with Aston Villa and why they keep struggle to score. They have great attacker Benteke and a lot of good players. Liverpool is in great form but I think that this year champions league is not possible for them. There are too many great teams in premier league this year and for me Liverpool...
I don't know what is going on with Aston Villa and why they keep struggle to score. They have great attacker Benteke and a lot of good players. Liverpool is in great form but I think that this year champions league is not possible for them. There are too many great teams in premier league this year and for me Liverpool is not in top four.
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seculla
9 years ago
This should be very interesting match between Aston Vila and Liverpool.Both teams are struggling this season and they are far away from their desired places on table. Anyway, Aston Vila is hard team to play against on their own Villa Park and in last five matches they have 4 draws and one win. On the other side Liverpool...
This should be very interesting match between Aston Vila and Liverpool.Both teams are struggling this season and they are far away from their desired places on table. Anyway, Aston Vila is hard team to play against on their own Villa Park and in last five matches they have 4 draws and one win. On the other side Liverpool is very far away from last season's Liverpool and they are just 8th on the table. This season they have five wins and five loses away from home. I predict that this game will be very tight and I think that this teams will split the points.
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Tomas.White 9 years ago
This is very hard game to predict its outcome. Liverpool is not playing very well this season. They can win everyone and lose from anybody. Aston Villa is raising their form and Andy Caroll is playing very good in few past games. This is game were is going to be lots of goals, but the winner is hard to predict. Aston Villa...
This is very hard game to predict its outcome. Liverpool is not playing very well this season. They can win everyone and lose from anybody. Aston Villa is raising their form and Andy Caroll is playing very good in few past games. This is game were is going to be lots of goals, but the winner is hard to predict. Aston Villa is surprise of this round in Premiere League.
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