Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005

Result

Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Liverpool 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 85th minute. Aston Villa did not score. Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (85', penalty) and Xabi Alonso (89').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 9 points from 11 and Liverpool 13th on 13 points from 9. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Liverpool's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 24'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 25'Yellow card · Mohamed SissokoLiverpool
  • 80'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 85'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 0-1
  • 89'Goal · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 3, Liverpool 6.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Milan Baros, Kevin Phillips, Mark Anthony Delaney, Olof Mellberg, Eirik Bakke

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Djibril Cissé, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso