Unai Emery loved an excellent begin to life within the Villa dugout forward of the World Cup break, which has seen the Midlands membership beat Chelsea amid two defeats and a attract friendlies.
Liverpool returned to motion on Thursday with a slim Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester Metropolis, and Reds followers will count on Jurgen Klopp’s costs to up their recreation within the second half of the season, having thus far received solely six of their 14 league matches.
Listed here are all the main points…
Date, kick-off time and venue
Aston Villa vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 5.30pm GMT kick-off right this moment, December 26, 2022.
The match will happen at Villa Park in Birmingham.
The place to observe Aston Villa vs Liverpool
TV channel: Within the UK, the match will likely be televised stay on Amazon Prime Video.
Dwell stream: Followers can even catch the sport stay on-line through the Amazon Prime Video app and web site.
Dwell weblog: You possibly can comply with all of the motion on matchday through Normal Sport’s stay weblog.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool staff information
World Cup finalists Emi Martinez and Ibrahima Konate will miss out for his or her respective sides, though Philippe Coutinho might function towards his outdated membership after returning to coaching.
Jacob Ramsey (hamstring) has been dominated out for 3 matches and Diego Carlos is a long-term absentee for Villa.
James Milner will miss out for Liverpool after choosing up a hamstring harm towards Metropolis, a recreation which Trent Alexander-Arnold missed resulting from sickness. The correct-back is a doubt, Klopp has confirmed, however in any other case match match after barely that includes on the World Cup. The identical for Fabinho, who performed simply as soon as for Brazil.
Roberto Fimirno joins Diogo Jota (calf), Arthur Melo (thigh) and Luis Diaz (knee) within the therapy room after struggling a calf situation.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool prediction
Villa’s promise below Emery ought to see them put in an excellent show, again by a hyped Boxing Day house crowd. Liverpool can thrive in that surroundings too and, if stars return, this might make for an interesting watch.
A 2-2 draw.
Face to face (h2h) historical past and outcomes
Villa’s final league win over Liverpool in entrance of followers at Villa Park got here in Could 2011.
Aston Villa wins: 59
Attracts: 40
Liverpool wins: 100
Aston Villa vs Liverpool match odds
Aston Villa: 7/2
Draw: 29/10
Liverpool: 7/10
Odds through Betfair (topic to vary).
