Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Friday 15 May 2026
Result
Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
Premier League · Friday 15 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool: match report
Aston Villa defeated Liverpool 4-2 in the Premier League on Friday 15 May 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Morgan Rogers (42'), Ollie Watkins (57'), Ollie Watkins (73') and John McGinn (89'). Liverpool scored through Virgil van Dijk (52') and Virgil van Dijk (90+2').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 59 points from 36 and Liverpool 4th on 59 points from 36. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Liverpool 5th with 60.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa (8.5), ahead of Ollie Watkins (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 7 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Matty Cash
- 42'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 45+3'Yellow card · Ollie Watkins
- 52'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 57'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 62'Yellow card · Joe Gomez
- 66'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 73'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 89'Goal · John McGinn
- 90+2'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Victor Lindelöf, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai, Rio Ngumoha, Cody Gakpo