Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2014
Result
Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2014, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool drew with Aston Villa 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2014. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Andreas Weimann opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Daniel Sturridge (45+2') and Steven Gerrard (53', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Andreas Weimann (25') and Christian Benteke (36').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 42 points from 21 and Aston Villa 13th on 22 points from 21. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 81 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 37.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Aston Villa's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 21'Yellow card · Karim El Ahmadi
- 25'Goal · Andreas Weimann
- 36'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 45+2'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
- 49'Yellow card · Ryan Bertrand
- 53'Penalty goal · Steven Gerrard
- 88'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 90+3'Yellow card · Raheem Sterling
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Mignolet, Martin Škrtel, Glen Johnson, Mamadou Sakho, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Leiva, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Jon Flanagan
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Leandro Bacuna, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Ryan Bertrand, Karim El Ahmadi, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Andreas Weimann, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor