Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006
Result
Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
Morientes opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Morientes (4'), Steven Gerrard (61') and Steven Gerrard (66'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (58').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 76 points from 36 and Aston Villa 16th on 39 points from 36. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Aston Villa's L-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Morientes
- 58'Goal · Gareth Barry
- 61'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 66'Goal · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Djimi Traoré, Jamie Carragher, Djibril Cissé, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Jan Kromkamp, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney