Premier League: Liverpool prevails over Aston Villa 3-1
BIRMINGHAM. Liverpool overcomes Aston Villa 3-1.
BIRMINGHAM. Liverpool prevails over Aston Villa 3-1. Liverpool got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Mohamed Salah (6′) and Virgil van Dijk (37′). Aston Villa tried to recover with a goal from O. Watkins (59′). However, the match was closed by a goal (81′) scored by Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira for Liverpool.
The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney with the assistance of Constantine Hatzidakis and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.45 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 36%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Aston Villa was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Liverpool that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Aston Villa was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Liverpool was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Aston Villa shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Liverpool shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Aston Villa. Talking about the opposition, No yellow cards were issued to Liverpool.
After playing this match, Aston Villa will stay with 18 points to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Liverpool will have 22 points to move up in the 7th place.
Match Events
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6'6'
Mohamed Salah
Jordan Henderson
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20'20'
Joel Matip (Goal Disallowed)
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37'37'
Virgil van Dijk
Mohamed Salah
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46'46'
O. Watkins (Goal Disallowed)
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59'59'
O. Watkins
Douglas Luiz
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66'66'
Naby Keïta
Thiago
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67'67'
Harvey Elliott
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
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79'79'
Joe Gomez
Trent Alexander-Arnold
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79'79'
Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira
Jordan Henderson
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81'81'
Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira
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85'85'
Philippe Coutinho
B. Kamara
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86'86'
Leander Dendoncker
L. Bailey
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86'86'
D. Ings
E. Buendía
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88'88'
Ben Doak
Darwin Núñez
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Aston Villa will play away against Tottenham Hotspur on the 1st of January with a 18-4 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).
Liverpool will host Leicester City on the 30th of December with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Liverpool (2 draws).
Aston Villa: Formation and Lineups
Aston Villa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien chose to play with the following team: Robin Olsen , Ashley Young , Ezri Konsa , Tyrone Mings , Lucas Digne , John McGinn , Boubacar Kamara , Douglas Luiz , Emiliano Buendía , Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins .
Substitutes
Aston Villa made 3 changes: B. Kamara for Philippe Coutinho (86′), L. Bailey for Leander Dendoncker (86′) and E. Buendía for D. Ings (86′).
Best player: Robin Olsen
The player that probably impressed the most for Aston Villa was the goalkeeper: Robin Olsen. His rating is 7.15. He performed 6 saves.
Liverpool: Formation and Lineups
Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Joël Matip , Virgil van Dijk , Andrew Robertson , Jordan Henderson , Fabinho , Thiago Alcântara , Mohamed Salah , Darwin Núñez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain .
Substitutes
Liverpool made 5 changes: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Harvey Elliott (66′), Thiago for Naby Keïta (66′), Trent Alexander-Arnold for Joe Gomez (79′), Jordan Henderson for Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira (79′) and Darwin Núñez for Ben Doak (88′).
Top player: Mohamed Salah
Probably the most impressive player in Liverpool was Mohamed Salah.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Pempus
born and raised in India's Goa region. Football was a natural affection from infancy, even though most of the population considered cricket to be a religion. has an IT diploma, but when it came time to choose a job, her love of football easily won out. has worked with LOOTRS since February 2022 and has been connected to football teams like Sporting Club de Goa and FC Goa before focusing more on Indian football and other sports.
