Aston Villa v Liverpool match preview
Liverpool are in midweek Premier League motion for the second week working as they give the impression of being to proceed their pursuit of the title with a visit to Aston Villa.
The Reds restored their seven level lead forward of challengers Arsenal on Sunday with an edgy 2-1 residence win over Wolves and Wednesday evening’s journey to Villa Park seems to be removed from simple, both, particularly having gained solely two of seven on the street.
Whereas Unai Emery’s males have struggled to achieve their heights from final season in 2024-25, they nonetheless boast a formidable document as hosts, having not suffered defeat within the league on residence soil since shedding to Arsenal in August.
That run reached 12 video games with a 1-1 draw towards Ipswich on Saturday but it surely was one other irritating afternoon for the Villans, with the struggling Tractor Boys enjoying the vast majority of the encounter with 10 males.
Nonetheless, Arne Slot will know Emery’s males are nonetheless able to pulling out a consequence towards a giant aspect on their day, having seen off the likes of Manchester Metropolis and Bayern Munich at Villa Park this season.
The pair performed out a 3-3 draw on this fixture final season however the Reds have loved eight wins from the earlier 9 Premier League conferences at Villa Park, the one exception being an astonishing 7-2 win for Villa in the course of the Coronavirus-impacted 2020-21 season.
+1 added to the targets tally following Sunday’s win ⚽️📈 pic.twitter.com/2ieu8c9y9I
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 17, 2025
Aston Villa v Liverpool crew information
Liverpool will likely be sweating on the health of Cody Gakpo after the Dutch ahead missed Sunday’s win over Wolves after a knock towards Everton.
Tyler Morton and Joe Gomez stay out, however Curtis Jones is again from a ban and is predicted to come back in for Dominik Szoboszlai as Slot seems to be to handle a busy schedule.
The hosts’ defensive disaster continued on Saturday when makeshift centre-back Boubacar Kamara limped off solely 16 minutes into the draw towards Ipswich.
Tyrone Mings was in a position to change him and will begin alongside January mortgage signing Axel Disasi, with Ezri Konsa set to stay on the sidelines with Pau Torres, Matty Money, Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana.
Leon Bailey can be a doubt after sitting out the weekend’s motion. Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio might make their first begins after brilliant cameos off the bench.
This Unai response to our 88th minute equaliser, the final time Liverpool got here to Villa Park 🙌
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 17, 2025
Aston Villa: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Mings, Digne, Tielemans, McGinn, Malen, Rogers, Rashford, Watkins
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Diaz
