Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012
Result
Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool were beaten by Aston Villa 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Liverpool's goal came from Steven Gerrard (87'). Aston Villa scored through Christian Benteke (29'), Andreas Weimann (40') and Christian Benteke (51').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 10th on 22 points from 16 and Aston Villa 17th on 15 points from 16. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Aston Villa's D-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 40'Goal · Andreas Weimann
- 51'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 66'Yellow card · Matthew Lowton
- 87'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 88'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 90'Yellow card · L. Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Glen Johnson, Martin Škrtel, Daniel Agger, Steven Gerrard, Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen, Raheem Sterling, Luis Suárez, Pepe Reina, Stewart Downing, Jonjo Shelvey
Aston Villa line-up (3-5-2)
Ciaran Clark, Matthew Lowton, Ashley Westwood, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Chris Herd, Brett Holman, Nathan Baker