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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Andreas WeimannAston Villa · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 0-3
  • 66'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa
  • 87'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Christian BentekeAston Villa
  • 90'Yellow card · L. SuárezLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 3, Aston Villa 2.

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