On Tuesday May 10th, Aston Villa will play host to Liverpool in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Aston Villa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Ollie Watkins scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 41st minute, then Danny Ings added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Emiliano Buendía In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while liverpool sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Villarreal. Boulaye Dia struck first for Villarreal in the 3rd minute, then Francis Coquelin added another in the 41st minute on a feed from Étienne Capoue But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 74th minute on a goal by Sadio Mané. Liverpool is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Dec 11th, Liverpool won by a score of 1 to 0. Mohamed Salah scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 67th minute on a penalty, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and Liverpool ran away with the shutout win.
Sadio Mané has been the most prolific scorer on Liverpool in the last five matches with 3 goals. Ollie Watkins has been the most effective weapon for Aston Villa lately. The English attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches
Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa squad will be without Bertrand Traoré, Kortney Hause and Marvelous Nakamba, while Jürgen Klopp’s squad will be without Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Curtis Jones.