Aston Villa against Liverpool Match Preview
Liverpool is in midweek Premier League campaign for the second week who are looking for their striving for the title with a trip to Aston Villa.
The Reds recovered their seven-point lead before Challengers Arsenal on Sunday with an Edgy 2-1 home victory on Wolves and the journey from Wednesday evening to Villa Park also looks far from simple, especially because they have won only two of the seven on the road.
While the men of Unai Emery have trouble reaching their heights from last season in 2024-25, they still have an impressive record as hosts, because they have had no defeat in the home floor competition since he lost Arsenal in August.
Die Run reached 12 games with a 1-1 draw against Ipswich on Saturday, but it was another frustrating afternoon for the Villans, with the wrestling tractor boys who played most of the meeting with 10 men.
Yet Arne Slot will know that Emery’s men are still able to pull a result against a big side on their day, because they have seen this season from Manchester City and Bayern Munich in Villa Park.
The couple played a 3-3-drawing game in this fixture last season, but the Reds enjoyed the previous nine Premier League meetings in Villa Park, the only exception is an amazing 7-2 victory for Villa during the Coronavirus -Impact 2020 -21 season.
+1 added to the goals after Sunday’s victory ⚽️📈 pic.twitter.com/2uieu8c9y9i
– Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 17, 2025
Aston Villa against Liverpool Team News
Liverpool will sweat on the fitness of Cody Gakpo after the Dutch attacker had missed Sunday’s victory on Wolves after a knock against Everton.
Tyler Morton and Joe Gomez are not forthcoming, but Curtis Jones is back from a ban and is expected to come in for Dominik Szoboszlai as a lock seems to manage a hectic schedule.
The defensive crisis of the hosts took place on Saturday when improvised Center-Back Boubacar Kamara only pulled in the draw against Ipswich for 16 minutes.
Tyrone Mings was able to replace him and should start signing Axel Disasi in addition to January, with Ezri Konsa on the sidelines with Pau Torres, Matty Cash, Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana.
Leon Bailey is also a doubt after the campaign of the weekend. Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio were able to make their first starts after clear cameies from the bank.
This Unai response on our 88th minute equalizer, the last time Liverpool came to Villa Park 🙌
– Aston Villa (@AVFCofficial) February 17, 2025
Aston Villa: Martinez, Garcia, Dispase, Mings, Digne, Tielemans, McGinn, Malen, Rogers, Rashford, Watkins
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Diaz
