[Liverweb] Aston Villa Match Preview

Liverweb Match Preview

Opponents : AstonVilla
Date : Saturday April 29 @ 3.00pm
Venue : Anfield
TV Coverage : ART Sport 3, Setanta PPV, Supersport 3, Supersport
8SA, NTV+ Football, Setanta Ireland, Sport 1 HU, Sky Sport Italia 1,
TPS Foot, C+ Sport (D/F/N/S), MegaSport, Sport TV, Diema 2, Galaxie
Sport, C+ Deporte 1, Sport 1 HU, Sport 1 NL, Digit Alb 5, Sky Calcio
1, Setanta PPV(USA+Can), Sportsnet East

Tape Delay : Alfa TV

Head to Head - Premiership Head to Head
LAST corresponding Fixture : Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 1

Squads : Luis Garcia is suspended for this one after his red card in
midweek ended his season early. Rafa Benitez must decide how to
rotate his squad this time for what will be the final game of the
season at Anfield.

Villa welcome back Lee Hendrie and Steve Davis after injury.

Liverpool : Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Gerrard,
Alonso, Sissoko, Kewell, Crouch, Fowler, Dudek, Cisse, Morientes,
Traore, Warnock, Kromkamp, Agger.

Villa : Sorensen, Taylor, Hughes, Cahill, Mellberg, Ridgewell,
Bouma, Samuel, Milner, Davies, Hendrie, McCann, Barry, Baros,
Phillips, Angel, Moore, Whittingham, De la Cruz, Gardner,
Agbonlahor, Djemba-Djemba.

Team Stats : The Reds have won the last two Anfield games against
Villa and beat Villa away earlier in the season with some ease.

The Reds have beaten Villa fifty times at Anfield in the league so
far.

In the league against Villa the Reds have amassed 207 league points
in the past and through goal difference over Everton this is the
best league side the Reds can play.

In the Premiership the Reds have ammassed 47 points against Villa so
a win would take the Reds to 50. Villa would be the first team to
concede 50 points to the Reds in the Premiership. Only Newcastle on
48 have conceded more.

The Reds have kept clean sheets in three of the last five games
against Villa. At Anfield though the last clean sheet for the Reds
was in season 2003-04.

Player Stats : Sami Hyypia will be hoping to start his 250th
Premiership game for the Reds. He played his 250th match for the
Reds in midweek but only as a sub - his first for the Reds in the
premiership.

Robbie Fowler will be hoping to play in his 249th Liverpool league
game in this one.

Fernando Morientes has made 9 sub league appearances for the Reds so
far.

Referee : Mark Halsey - this will be Mark Halsey's 20th match of the
season. In his previous games he has given 36 yellow cards and shown
the Red one five times.

Reffing in Reds games so far he has overseen two Liverpool wins at
Anfield and an away draw.

He has taken charge of one Villa game so far - a home draw with West
Brom.

Betting : Liverpool 4/11, Villa 7/1, Draw : 11/4

Liverweb Prediction : Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0

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