Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2009
Result
Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool won against Aston Villa 5-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 March 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (8'), Albert Riera (33'), Steven Gerrard (39'), Steven Gerrard (50') and Steven Gerrard (65'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 61 points from 29 and Aston Villa 5th on 52 points from 29. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Aston Villa's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 23'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
- 33'Goal · Albert Riera
- 39'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 40'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 41'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 50'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 63'Red card · Brad Friedel
- 65'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 90'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar