A Liverpool side still boasting a 100% record in the Champions League will face Aston Villa, who lost their perfect European record in bizarre circumstances, in a Premier League clash on Saturday.
While Arne Slot's side comfortably beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 in midweek, Aston Villa surprisingly lost 1-0 to Club Brugge, who won thanks to a hilarious penalty.
Latest Liverpool vs Aston Villa team information
Liverpool's injury situation remains unchanged, with Harvey Elliott (foot), Federico Chiesa (fitness), Alisson Becker (thigh) and Diogo Jota (abdomen) all set to miss the international break.
Arne Slot was not shy about making bold tactical decisions on Tuesday night, most notably playing hat-trick hero Diaz centrally, but the South American could return to the left wing now that Darwin Nunez has regained fitness and is back in attack.
Another change on the flanks could see Andrew Robertson replace Kostas Tsimikas, who is threatening Robertson's place at left-back at Liverpool, while the fresh legs of Dominik Szoboszlai could also be preferred over Curtis Jones.
Villa, meanwhile, were without Matty Cash (calf) and former Everton star Ross Barkley (undisclosed injury) for the midweek trip to Belgium, and Emery does not expect them to return for the trip to Anfield.
After a disastrous Champions League debut, captain Mings is expected to be dropped to the bench, albeit for fitness reasons rather than as a punishment for his mistakes; Emery should not risk starting him in two consecutive games after an ACL injury.
Mings' drop opens the door for Pau Torres to replace him in defence, while Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey are also available to return in place of Boubacar Kamara and Leon Bailey up front.
Latest Liverpool vs Aston Villa predicted lineup
Liverpool:
Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Nunez
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Konsa, Torres, Carlos, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins
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Welcoming the man Liverpool fans have been calling for as Jurgen Klopp's successor, Arne Slot gave Bayer Leverkusen manager and former Champions League winner Xabi Alonso a stern football lesson on Tuesday night, thanks to a tantalising Colombian star.
Luis Diaz, in fact, broke down the three-time Bundesliga champions' defence at Anfield, while Cody Gakpo also opened his Champions League account as red sparks flew at the bonfire, helping Liverpool move two points clear at the top of the Champions League table.
Leading both continental and domestic competitions, Liverpool capitalised on mistakes from Arsenal and Manchester City in round 10 of the Premier League, coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion and open up a two-point gap to the reigning champions.
Although many had predicted another two-way race between Man City and Arsenal for the Premier League title, Slot has surprisingly put Liverpool back in the race by breaking records one after another, most recently surpassing Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti in a particular category.
Victory over Leverkusen was Liverpool's sixth consecutive home win in all competitions - in all of those wins they scored at least twice - and victory over Brighton last weekend saw them come from behind to win their 100th Premier League game.
Before the fourth round of the Champions League began, Aston Villa were above the other 35 teams in Europe's top competition, having already shown their strength against BSC Young Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna before facing another 'B' team - if you can call it that - in Club Brugge.
After a cautious first half in which neither team had to take the ball out of the net, a moment of madness from Villa captain Tyrone Mings saw him pick up the ball after Emiliano Martinez had taken a goal kick - something that was not clear to him, but not to the Brugge players.
Hans Vanaken converted a comical penalty to hand Villa their first European defeat of the 2024-25 season and their third straight in all competitions, after being knocked out of the EFL Cup by Crystal Palace and losing 4-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League last weekend.
One of three teams on 18 points, Villa are currently sixth on goal difference behind Arsenal and Chelsea, and they travel to Anfield hoping to end a 25-year run without a win away from the Premier League's top two, their last win coming against Leeds United in January 2000.
Villa's last five away games against teams in the Premier League's top two have ended in defeat, and their winless run against Liverpool stretches to eight games in all competitions, although that included a dramatic 3-3 draw at Villa Park in May. Brugge aside, Villa have been almost always a problem for opposition defences and have been able to find attacking opportunities against Liverpool, who faced a few dangerous situations in their clean sheet win in midweek.
However, Slot's side have been attacking defences at Anfield in recent weeks and will have an extra day off - not to mention playing at home rather than away in midweek - so the Reds could well sit firmly atop the table heading into the international break.
Liverpool vs Aston Villa score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Liverpool vs Aston Villa match:
- Sportsmole: Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa
- WhoScore: Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
- Our prediction: Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa
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