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Liverpool v Aston Villa

BBC
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Match facts

Head-to-head

  • This is Liverpool's 100th home game versus Aston Villa in all competitions. The Reds have won 62 times and lost only 17.

  • Aston Villa’s solitary victory in the past 13 Premier League meetings was by 7-2 at Villa Park in October 2020, with Ollie Watkins scoring a hat-trick.

  • Villa have only taken one point from six league visits to Anfield since a 1-0 win in September 2014.

Liverpool

  • Arne Slot has made the best start by any Premier League manager in history, with 14 wins from 16 competitive games in charge.

  • Slot is the first Liverpool manager to win as many as eight of his first 10 top-flight fixtures in charge of the club.

  • Liverpool have the best defensive record in the division, although four of their six goals conceded have come in the past three matches.

  • Mohamed Salah is vying to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances for the first time since a run of seven from August to October 2021.

  • Salah has been directly involved in an unsurpassed 12 Premier League goals this season, scoring seven and providing five assists. He has had 96 touches in the opposition penalty area, the most in the division.

Aston Villa

  • Aston Villa have equalled their longest losing streak under Unai Emery of three matches across all competitions.

  • They could suffer consecutive Premier League defeats for the first time in 18 months.

  • Their only clean sheet in 15 league fixtures came in a 0-0 home draw against Manchester United last month.

  • Villa have gone 18 Premier League away games without a win against sides starting the day top of the table, losing all but two, since beating Leeds 2-1 in January 2000.

  • Emery is winless in 10 competitive games against Liverpool since Sevilla’s 3-1 Europa League final victory in 2016 in his first encounter with the Reds. His teams have only managed three points from seven league matches versus Liverpool (D3, L4).

  • Morgan Rogers can become the third Villa player to score in four successive Premier League away fixtures, emulating Ollie Watkins (six from January to April 2023) and Dwight Yorke (four from March to May 1998).