Unai Emery loved a superb 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 slender Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester Metropolis.
Reds followers will count on Jurgen Klopp’s expenses to up their sport within the second half of the season, having thus far received solely six of their 14 league matches.
Listed below are all the small print…
Date, kick-off time and venue
Aston Villa vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 5.30pm GMT kick-off on Monday December 26, 2022.
The match will happen at Villa Park in Birmingham.
The place to look at Aston Villa vs Liverpool
TV channel: Within the UK, the match will likely be televised dwell on Amazon Prime Video.
Stay stream: Followers can even catch the sport dwell on-line through the Amazon Prime Video app and web site.
Stay weblog: You possibly can observe all of the motion on matchday through Customary Sport’s dwell weblog.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool workforce information
World Cup finalists Emi Martinez and Ibrahima Konate will miss out for his or her respective sides, though Philippe Coutinho may characteristic towards his previous 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 selecting up a hamstring harm towards Metropolis, a sport which Trent Alexander-Arnold missed on account of sickness. The fitting-back is a doubt, Klopp has confirmed.
Roberto Fimirno joins Diogo Jota (calf), Arthur Melo (thigh) and Luis Diaz (knee) within the therapy room after struggling a calf challenge.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool prediction
Villa’s promise beneath Emery ought to see them put in a superb show, again by a hyped Boxing Day dwelling crowd. Liverpool can thrive in that surroundings too and, if stars return, this might make for a captivating 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 Might 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 alter).
