Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2022
Result
Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool: match report
Aston Villa lost to Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2022. The half-time score was 0-2.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Ollie Watkins (59'). Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah (5'), Virgil van Dijk (37') and Stefan Bajcetic (81').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 18 points from 15 and Liverpool 7th on 22 points from 14. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Liverpool 5th with 67.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrew Robertson of Liverpool (8.0), level with Mohamed Salah (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 7 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Liverpool's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 37'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 59'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 81'Goal · Stefan Bajcetic
Head-to-head
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Robin Olsen, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendía, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Núñez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain