Having won just one of their six home games against Aston Villa in the Premier League between 2009 and 2014 (D2, L3), Liverpool have won five of their last six games against the Villans at Anfield (D1).

Only Manchester United (12) and Chelsea (7) have won more away games against Liverpool in the Premier League than Aston Villa (6, level with Arsenal).

Aston Villa have lost 16 of their last 18 away games in the Premier League, including the last nine games in a row, to teams that started at the top of the day (D2). Indeed, they have won only one of 23 such matches, beating Leeds United 2-1 at Elland Road in January 2000.

Liverpool conceded the first goal in their last two Premier League matches but escaped defeat in both matches (2-2 Arsenal, 2-1 Brighton). Indeed, their victory against Brighton was their 100th come-from-behind win to win a game in the Premier League, becoming only the third team in the competition to achieve this milestone.

Both of Aston Villa’s Premier League defeats this season have come against two teams from North London, losing 4-1 to Tottenham last season. The Villans last lost consecutive league matches in May 2023.

In the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (32) have had fewer shots on target than Liverpool (34), while the Reds have conceded the fewest goals (6) and have the lowest xG this term (8.1). .

No team has scored more goals in the Premier League this season from crosses (6) or set-pieces (5 excluding penalties) than Aston Villa (level with Arsenal on both occasions).

Liverpool’s Arne Slot becomes the fifth manager to win eight of his first 10 Premier League matches, following John Gregory (1998), Guus Hiddink (2009), Carlo Ancelotti (2009) and Ange Postecoglou (2023). Of the previous four, only Postecoglou failed to win his 11th match in the competition.

So far this season, no player has scored more goals in the Premier League than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (12-7 goals, 5 assists). The Egyptian has also had the most touches on the opponent’s field this term (96), while among players who have taken more than 20 shots, no one has had a higher percentage of shots on target (67% – 20/30).

Only Erling Haaland (16) has had more chances than Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (14) in the Premier League this season. However, Watkins scored on only four of them; This was the lowest conversion rate (28.6%) among the seven players with more than 10 big chances.