Aston Villa FC vs Liverpool FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Aston Villa FC vs Liverpool FC — Premier League at Villa Park.
- Aston Villa FC 38 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
- Liverpool FC 38 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Chris Kavanagh
- Assistant 1 Dan Cook
- Assistant 2 Lee Betts
38 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 May Liverpool FC H 4–2 W 10 May Burnley FC A 2–2 D 07 May Nottingham Forest FC H 4–0 W 03 May Tottenham Hotspur FC H 1–2 L 30 Apr Nottingham Forest FC A 0–1 L 25 Apr Fulham FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 May Aston Villa FC A 2–4 L 09 May Chelsea FC H 1–1 D 03 May Manchester United FC A 2–3 L 25 Apr Crystal Palace FC H 3–1 W 19 Apr Everton FC A 2–1 W 14 Apr Paris Saint-Germain FC H 0–2 L Season Stats
Aston Villa FC Liverpool FC #4 Position #5 65 Points 60 38 Played 38 19 / 8 / 11 W / D / L 17 / 9 / 12 56 Scored 63 49 Conceded 53 +7 GD +10 1.71 PPG 1.58 50% Win % 45% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Aston Villa FC this season26% Clean Sheets
Liverpool FC this seasonAston Villa FC are 4th (65 pts). Liverpool FC are 5th (60 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Aston Villa FC0-151/316-30–/231-453/246-604/261-752/–76+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededLiverpool FC0-151/216-301/–31-454/246-604/261-75–/376+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Villa Park will turn into a battlefield for Aston Villa FC and Liverpool FC.
- 5' It’s high time Arne Slot made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Cody Gakpo made 435 appearances and scored 93 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pau Torres, as he is very good at scoring at Villa Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Joe Gomez suffering a number of foals already.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Aston Villa FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' Virgil van Dijk needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 38' A meaty challenge results in booking for Matty Cash on 38.
- 39' That looks like a foul for a card for Matty Cash.
- 42' Aston Villa FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Morgan Rogers on 42.
- 45' The referee shows Aston Villa FC player a card on 45.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Liverpool FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' GOAL! Virgil van Dijk scores on 52. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai
- 53' Goal! Virgil van Dijk scores his 29 goal in 408 matches.
- 57' What a strike from Ollie Watkins! The score is 2-2.
- 62' Liverpool FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 62.
- 66' It’s a booking for Aston Villa FC player. John McGinn gets a card.
- 71' Aston Villa FC is showing some good football. However, Aston Villa FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 73' Goal! Ollie Watkins scores his 136 goal in 342 matches.
- 78' Lucas Digne has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 83' Liverpool FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Virgil van Dijk scoring 2 goals.
- 88' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Liverpool FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 89' GOAL! John McGinn scores on 89. Assisted by Pau Torres
- Another three points for Aston Villa FC.
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Lineups
Aston Villa FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 23
- 27
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 10
- 11
- 4
- 7
- 8
- 14
Bench
- 40
- 6
- 18
- 31
- 19
- 21
- 22
- 26
- 16
Coach Unai EmeryLiverpool FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 18
- 2
- 4
- 17
- 38
- 5
- 8
- 10
- 25
- 6
- 73
Bench
- 11
- 26
- 14
- 28
- 7
- 42
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- 79
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mohamed Salah 9 Ollie Watkins 8 Sadio Mane 5 Virgil van Dijk 4 Jack Grealish 2 Cody Gakpo 2 John McGinn 2 Youri Tielemans 2 Head to Head
Aston Villa FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.21 Aston Villa FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.73 Liverpool FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Aston Villa FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.94Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 74% 26% ± 3.5 54% 46% ± 4.5 36% 64% Double Chance
Aston Villa FC or Draw 71%Draw or Liverpool FC 51%Aston Villa FC or Liverpool FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Aston Villa FC win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–2 not predicted4 – 2Actual1 – 1 8.3%2 – 1 8%2 – 2 6.8%1 – 2 6.3%3 – 1 5.8%3 – 2 5%2 – 0 4.9%2 – 3 3.9%1 – 0 3.9%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 0 3.5%4 – 1 3.2%Asian Handicap — Aston Villa FC
Handicap Aston Villa FC covers Push Liverpool FC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 14% 71% -1.5 29% — 71% -1 29% 19% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 15% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Liverpool FC keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

