Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Liverpool won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2005. The half-time score was 2-0.

Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Djibril Cissé (20', penalty) and Djibril Cissé (27'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (67').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 55 points from 37 and Aston Villa 10th on 47 points from 37. Liverpool went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Penalty goal · Djibril CisséLiverpool · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Djibril CisséLiverpool · 2-0
  • 67'Goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 3, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango