Aston Villa have won their last two Premier League matches and are looking to win three in a row for only the third time in their most recent nine top-flight campaigns. Those two runs have come in the last two seasons, a four-game streak in September/October 2020 and a three-game run in February/March this year.
Liverpool have not dropped a single point against sides starting the day in the bottom-half of the table this season, winning all 18 such games by an aggregate score of 52-4. No team in Premier League history has ever won 100% of their games against bottom half sides in a single campaign, with Liverpool’s 18 wins the joint-most along with Manchester United in 2006/07.
Ollie Watkins has scored more Premier League goals against Liverpool than he has any other side (four), netting a hat-trick in this exact fixture last season.
100% tackles made
82% pass accuracy
67 touches
36 passes completed
14 passes in the final third
9 duels won (most)
6 take-ons completed (most)
6x possessions won
2 interceptions
50 touches
24 passes completed
16 passes in the final third
8 touches in the opp. box
8 duels won
4 shots (most)
3 aerial duels won
3 fouls won
2 shots on target (=most)
2x possessions won
1 goal