Aston Villa vs Liverpool XI Predictions: Confirmed Team News & Probable Line-ups

The Premier League weekend will conclude on Monday night as two of the top four go head-to-head as Aston Villa host Liverpool at Villa Park.

Scheduled to kick off at 8pm, this match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.

Villa have enjoyed a memorable season under Unai Emery and their place in the top four, and Champions League qualification that comes with it, may already be secured before they take to the pitch on Monday if Tottenham fail to get a result against to Burnley on Saturday. afternoon.

However, the Villans come into this competition having picked up just one point from their last two Premier League games against Chelsea and Brighton, while they were kicked out of the Europa Conference League on Thursday night after losing home and away to Olympiakos.

Liverpool also saw their form dip in the spring, which led to their title slip-up, but they returned to winning ways against Tottenham last time out and will be looking for a strong showing in Jurgen Klopp’s penultimate game at lead.

The Reds also have a strong recent record against Villa. They are unbeaten in the last seven meetings between the teams, winning six of them, although their last defeat in the game was a 7-2 defeat at Villa Park in October 2020.

This season’s reverse fixture at Anfield in September ended in a routine 3-0 win for Liverpool, with strikes from Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah either side of a Matty Cash own goal.

Aston Villa were without several key players for Thursday’s defeat in Greece to Olympiakos, but Emery said Alex Moreno (calf), Morgan Rogers (hamstring), Nicolo Zaniolo (back) and Youri Tielemans (muscle) are all options. ) to be able to play together. part of the last game of the season on Monday.

However, Tyrone Mings, Emi Buendia and Boubacar Kamara (all knee), as well as Jacob Ramsey (toe), are still on the treatment table and likely to miss the rest of the campaign.

Liverpool could be boosted by the return of striker Diogo Jota from a hip problem for the trip to Villa Park, while Conor Bradley could make his first appearance for almost a month following an ankle injury.

Klopp is without the services of long-term absentees Ben Doak, Joel Matip (both knees) and Thiago Alcantara (muscle).