Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool: match report

Aston Villa beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Stewart Downing of Aston Villa in the 33rd minute.

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 45 points from 37 and Liverpool 6th on 58 points from 37. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Liverpool 6th with 58.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.

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 W-D-L-D-W and Liverpool's L-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 33'Goal · Stewart DowningAston Villa · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Raul MeirelesLiverpool
  • 56'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerAston Villa
  • 64'Yellow card · Joe ColeLiverpool

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, James Collins, Kyle Walker, Stewart Downing, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel, Fabian Delph

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Raúl Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Jay Spearing, Luis Suárez, Dirk Kuyt, Joe Cole, Martin Škrtel, Jon Flanagan