Aston Villa travel to Anfield this afternoon to play against one of the best forwards in England. Saurez has already scored 24 goals this season and is on target to breaking the Premier League goal tally record for the season. Can the Villa defence stop him this afternoon? Their job could be made more difficult with Sturridge recently returning from injury. He scored in last weeks 5-2 victory against Stoke. While Liverpool rejoice, Aston Villa are currently in mid-table and not in the best of form, winning only 1 from their last 7 games.
Paul Lambert has brought in two players on loan this week, Grant Holt joins from Wigan and Ryan Bertrand joins from Chelsea. Both are available and in the squad for today’s game.
Team News:
Liverpool will welcome back Sakho and Joe Allen after missing the last three games through injury. Defenders Joe Flanagan, Jose Enrique, Daniel Agger are all injured.
Holt and Bertrand are available for Aston Villa following their loan signings this week. Nathan Baker will miss out with a concussion that was obtained in last Mondays game against Arsenal.
Match Facts:
Liverpool won the reverse fixture against Villa back in August with their only shot on target of the game.
Christian Benteke has scored three goals in three Premier League appearances against Liverpool.
Aston Villa have lost just one of their last four Premier League visits to Anfield (W2 D1 L1).
Luis Saurez has scored 22 goals in 16 appearances this season – he had 10 after 16 games last season and five the season before.
No team has conceded fewer home goals than Liverpool this season in the Premier League (6).
Predicted Lineups:
Mignloet
Johnson-Sakho-Toure-Cissokho
Gerrard-Lucas
Henderson——–Coutinho
Saurez-Sturridge
Agbonlahor-Benteke
Bacuna
Delph-Westwood-El Ahmadi
Bertrand-Clark-Vlaar-Lowton
Guzan
Match Prediction:
Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
This was a great game last season, Aston Villa played 5 at the back yet somehow won the game 3-1. Can we see a repeat this weekend? I highly doubt it. Liverpool are in phenomenal form. If our defence can stop Saurez and Sturridge then we may have a chance, but that is much easier said then done!
Bertrands been different gravy. Still not want him??
Bill Pearson and Steve, thanks lads real supporters and always hopeful. Whatever happens for the rest of this game my team is in front at Anfield and I am chuffed and also hopeful. For the rest of you keep taking the “comfortably numb” tablets
Steve thanks mate , I’m still asking people to pintch me, was thay my team at Anfield, I’m going to say this I’m proud, f,.’-ing proud that they come away with a draw. Just Hope that badger 123 still as his wheels on his car.
Sorry Gerry.
Fucking hell get the fuck in why carn’t this be the fucking 2nd half.come on villans. 😀
Here we fucking go plse not another 3-2 ffs.
Giddy I can take losing if we play like this just cant stand losing and being bored shitless at the same time.
thier playing football 🙂
Clarke is dreadful. We are sitting here in stitches at his ability to defend
This is the first time in ages I’ve enjoyed watching Villa, more of that in the second half.
For the first time this season we have played well. Harrassed them off the ball, having a decent LB has made all the difference and the team has kept its shape
Best Wev played since we last beat them away. Just think Wev blown it now they got that goal I think 3.2 to the bin dippers they don’t deserve it though
Very good first half. Shame about conceding just before half time. They will come at us now so this will be tough. We need to be clinical when we get a chance to break.
Much better performance carrying on from the second half display against Arsenal. Let’s hope we start to move forward from this point. Bertrand playing well BTW.
Typical 2.2 Wev had it now
We need to dive more, works for the sky 4
Another dopey ref conned. Makes you sick.
Can’t blame ref Guzan committed himself to soon when no need to. Thought 50.50 decisions were in our favour tbh
Swarez conned the ref mate, never a pen in a reign of pigs plonk!
Agree Guzan did not need to commit but that was a dive. Otherwise can’t really complain.
OK all is not well but we have all been expecting to get hammered by Arsenal and Liverpool so to score three and concede four is something of an achievement. Maybe things are looking up.
They played really well in the first half. gabby coming off made the difference (imo).
It’s a good result but should of wrapped it up with a third in first half though this result like the city and arsenal result papers over the cracks. Away from home we are as good as most teams but until we get this home form sorted we will never prigress
Jesus Oohah, mate enjoy the moment.
lol Oooaaah .. your constant “paper over the cracks” comments on good results is papering over the cracks in your logic!
We are not suddenly a great team again though i hear your meaning ..but my stance is that we have never been as bad as some make out either. I still think this squad can improve and Lambert as a manager an improve. this is not the first time we have played like this. We just dont do it often or consistently enough.
good result today, what a beautiful, elegant, stylish simulation mr suarez,
i think we were well worth 3 points today .. shame
Hopefully this is a confidence builder … weimann on the scoresheet hopefully gives him a bit of belief back.
Just seen pen on ss and Guzan was at fault and he def made contact. Yes he dived but we would have demanded a pen if if was the other way round.
Delph played well tonight… cheating liverpool we did well…
if we can do that every week I would go more
Agreed. Today wasn’t just a case of conceding possession and having the odd counter attack. We took the game to them when we could so more of that at home please.
Great result boys. For an isolated fan here in Ireland I ain’t 5’7 and 3/4″ I am 6ft feckin 6in and I love my team
Lol fair play to you big man.
Lol big un 😀
Bet you’ve got a little dick , its always the same big guy big feet. 🙂 🙂
F**k me I’ve been bubbled, I’m 6ft 4 and it’s like a wallnut (not really, I’m 6ft 5!)
Ok we let a 2 goal lead slip,but if someone said would you take a point i would of snapped his fucking hand off.
We went out to defend against Arsenal and when we went to 4-4-2 their two goals came from two mistakes in midfield. We went out to attack this game and went out to boss the midfield and looked pretty damn good. Benteke has his confidence back and looked good, Gabby played superbly (again) and Bertrand played well. Isn’t it nice to have an almost solid defence again? I even thought Holt looked ok when he came on. A bit rusty but he has some tricks up his sleeve. Like I said at half time it’s the first time in ages I’ve enjoyed watching Villa play. Oh and now Benteke playing well won’t it be good if Andi gets his mojo back too?
Lacks pace but a really nice touch for a big fella,
Best performance since arsenal away. But remember we played with a nothing to lose attitude as we were guaranteed 11th spot whatever and were expected to get hammered anyway. Let’s see how we play next v WBA before we start sucking each other’s dicks!!
Feel free but don’t expect me to reciprocate.
Think Holt can do a job for us. Offers us a bit of grit and physicality, which we are lacking. Bertrand certainly has potential.
He does but he’s not our player and never will be so irrelevant
Have got a PHD in moaning whinging and bitching?
You really do my head in post matches, honest Oohah if you were in my company I would tell you to f**koff.
Exactly what I said earlier today we play the bin dippers and push them close and certain fuckwits think our problems are over when the result just papers over the cracks like the city and arse game. Yes we played brilliantly first first half and was the best Wev played for ages. But bottom line is we will lose or draw at home to WBA and draw our way to safety. There is no improvement this year in terms of points and only reason we are tenth is because the teams below us are shit
Mate I would rather listen to my misses moaning when I come home 4 hours late from the pub than you after a game.
BWS that was wicked, he’s not seen your missis.
Oohah Leave the Booze alone, its making you feel sober, ?
Good post bws I don’t know why some people bother in being interested cause we could of won 4-2 and they would still turn their laptop on and moan un fuckin real
Cheers mate, if we are shit have a pop fair enough but come on give a bit of credit when its due ffs.
I have said we were brilliant in first half and best Wev played for ages that’s giving then credit.
Now you’re just bowing to peer pressure.
Bollocks. Would you rather we played Luna or Bennett for the rest of the season or trust Lambert to find us a nice cheap and keen LB from the first division or the Maltese second division to tide us over, on a three-year contract, with the hope he’ll turn out alright? Bertrand played well today and we only conceded one goal in open play. He hasn’t played for a while and will do a good job for us once he’s warmed up and for the rest of the season.
Motd will be more pleasing to the eye later,see you all 2moz im fucking hammered.
Giddy just done a bottle of malt, can you pinch me did we draw,? Or am I dreaming again. 🙂
Cheating fucking Suarez…ref bottled it! If he thought Brad brought the cheating twat down why no card?
Well done lads. Cheating scouse bastards!
Bertrand excellent and some good touches from big Grant! (Whats wrong with loans)?
Bring on the Tesco boys…top half of the table..time to bring out the cooking sherry 🙂
Lol. Langford sort Oohah out mate, he does my nut in. Whing whing whing after every game, come a bit of credit where credits due not just moaning for the sake of it,
Do you think he sits down to have a piss?
Giddyvillan. Amen to that and thanks for the company. Till the next time.
Gerry mate, come again we love the banter, and the Guinness, not the same over here.
Bill f**k me mate she could moan for England but she’s got nothing on Oohah.
Got to say a much better performance, actually felt at ease with left side of defense. Well done for getting Bertrand in! Vlaar played well as did delph. Seemed to play with a quicker tempo and belief. Would like to Bennett used as a left midfielder when fit as would give us another option in terms of killing games off. It worked with bale ( bit tounge in cheek ). A quality am to give us something at home and I think we can push on.