Liverpool hope to put pressure on City with a win tonight
Despite a slip up in the Premier League title race, Liverpool Football Club are just 3 points behind league leaders Manchester City FC, with 3 matches to go.
Liverpool are on 83 points after 35 matches and if they are to win the title, they need to get 9 out of the 9 points available.
Things won’t get easier as they face Aston Villa at the Villa Park tonight. This ground has not been kind to Liverpool in the recent years.
In the title winning season in 2019-20, Liverpool needed a late 2-1 comeback to win against Villa. Whereas in the 2020-21 season, Klopp faced one of the worst defeats of his coaching career at the hands of Aston Villa. The then defending Champions Liverpool suffered a humiliating 7-2 loss against Aston Villa.
To make things spicier, the current Manager of Aston Villa, Steven Gerrard is arguably the greatest ever player to represent the Liverpool Football Club.
Steven Gerrard believes his team is going to have a say in the heated title race between Manchester City and Liverpool.
His team is yet to play their second game against the top 2 sides and will look to dent either teams title charge.
Injury update for the match between Liverpool and Aston Villa
Liverpool
As of now, there are no injury updates for the Reds. Left back Andy Robertson was substituted early on in the draw against Spurs but, it was more due to fatigue and not injury.
Aston Villa
Young star Jacob Ramsey has been ruled out of the exciting clash on Tuesday for the Villains. Kourtney Hause and Leon Bailey might also mix the fixture for Aston Villa.
Predicted Starting XI
Liverpool
Allison(GK), Trent Alexander Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk(C), Kostas Tsimikas, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita, Curtis Jones, Mohammed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane.
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martinez(GK), Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings(C), Lucas Digne, Callum Chamber, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendia, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins.
Head to Head
In the last 5 meetings, Liverpool have won 4 whereas Aston Villa have won 1.
We can expect Liverpool to go all out as their dream of a quadruple hinges on this match. If they are to lose and City win vs Wolverhampton, they will be 6 points behind with just 2 games left.
To go top tonight, Liverpool need to win by a 3 goal margin. They will go top based on goal difference albeit playing a game more.
Manchester City face a tough game themselves, away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wendesday.
Midweek fixtures
Liverpool vs Aston Villa – Tuesday, 12:30 AM IST
Leeds vs Chelsea – Wednesday, 12:00 AM IST
Leicester vs Norwich – Wednesday, 12:15 AM IST
Watford vs Everton – Wednesday, 12:15 AM IST
Wolves vs Man City – Wednesday, 12:45 AM IST
Spurs vs Arsenal – Thursday, 12:30 AM IST
