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Aston Villa v Liverpool match preview
Liverpool are in midweek Premier League motion for the second week working as they appear 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 dwelling win over Wolves and Wednesday night time’s journey to Villa Park appears removed from easy, both, particularly having received 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 powerful file as hosts, having not suffered defeat within the league on dwelling soil since shedding to Arsenal in August.
That run reached 12 video games with a 1-1 draw in opposition to 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 outcome in opposition to an enormous 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 through 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 group 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 in opposition to Everton.
Tyler Morton and Joe Gomez stay out, however Curtis Jones is again from a ban and is anticipated to return in for Dominik Szoboszlai as Slot appears 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 in opposition to Ipswich.
Tyrone Mings was capable of substitute him and may 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 also be a doubt after sitting out the weekend’s motion. Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio may make their first begins after shiny 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
