Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 July 2020
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 5 July 2020, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 July 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (71') and C. Jones (89'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 86 points from 32 and Aston Villa 18th on 27 points from 32. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Aston Villa 17th with 35.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alisson of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (7.7).
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 L-W-D-W-L and Aston Villa's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Andrew Robertson
- 36'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 71'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 89'Goal · C. Jones
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah, Divock Origi, Sadio Mané
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pepe Reina, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings, Neil Taylor, Anwar El Ghazi, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Jack Grealish, Keinan Davis