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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 33'Goal · Albert RieraLiverpool · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 3-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Luke YoungAston Villa
  • 41'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 50'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 4-0
  • 63'Red card · Brad FriedelAston Villa
  • 65'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 5-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Craig GardnerAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 4, Aston Villa 0.

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