Tight for Klopp’s men in the Midlands!

13/05/2024
21:00 CET

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa will be looking to celebrate Champions League qualification when they host Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the Monday night fixture.

Villa are currently 7 points ahead of 5^th placed Tottenham heading into the penultimate round of Premier League matches.

Emery’ side will fancy themselves to at least get a point against a Liverpool team which has been going through an inconsistent run of form in recent weeks.

The Reds have struggled to keep clean sheets lately, with 0 clean sheets in their last 9 Premier League games and just 1 clean sheet in their last 15 in the league.

Furthermore, goalkeeper Alison Becker has kept just 2 clean sheets away from Anfield all season.

Villa are 5^th top scorers in the league this campaign. They have scored 45 goals from their 18 home games, just 3 less than top home scorers Manchester City and Newcastle, so pose an obvious goal threat against a vulnerable Liverpool backline.

The graphic below shows Villa with the 5^th best home record in the league, losing just 3 times in their 18 home games.

Villa have only failed to score in 1 of their 18 home games this term and with the likes of Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey and Douglas Luiz in their ranks they have more than enough attacking firepower to breach Liverpool.

LeoVegas are offering 2.02 on Aston Villa +1 goal handicap and we see them avoiding defeat in this one and moving one step closer to finishing 4^th.

Currently unbeaten in 4 home games, if Villa can make it a fifth home league game on the bounce without defeat, then come full-time it could well be Emery and the Aston Villa fans smiling and a party getting underway at Villa Park.