Aston Villa face a trip to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 52 and win only 14 of the 82 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 24 Aug | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 18 Dec | Aston Villa | 3 - 4 | Liverpool | LC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 18 Aug | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Liverpool | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 13 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Aston Villa have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Villans have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Liverpool find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 29 points they have accumulated from 19 games. Aston Villa's 27 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Reds, as the Villans have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | 11 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Aston Villa | No sequences of note |