In the previous match between these two teams, Aston Villa brought major surprise with its strong victory at Anfield with 1:3. The situation for the both teams in the standings is critical and they need a lot of points to achieve their goals. Liverpool is 3 points behind the 6th place, but with a game more than Everton, while Aston Villa is in serious threat of relegation as the team is just three points above the 18th Wigan, but with a match more.
The team of Aston Villa significantly improved its performance this year and thus giving hope to their supporters to remain in the Premier League. Liverpool on the other hand, shows great results this year, except the surprising defeat by Southampton in the last round. By signing Daniel Sturridge Liverpool`s attack became even more efficient and the team has scored 15 goals in its last six games.
5 of the last 6 games of Liverpool and Aston Villa ended with over 2.5 goals. The matches between these two teams at Villa Park, however, in recent years mostly end with Under 2.5 goals. It is quite possible that the statistics can be disturbed, bearing in mind the results that both teams show this season. 14 of the last 15 games of Liverpool ended with over 2.5 goals. It should be noted that most of the players of the guests participated in the World Cup qualification for their countries. Fatigue in some of them is quite possible to be noticed at this match.