Game #5646
Aston Villa
Monday, 26 December 2022


Lost
12th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,085
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3

Liverpool

Assist(s) | Douglas Luiz | 59' |
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 2022
🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool) Mohamed Salah
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool) Virgil van Dijk
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool) Stefan Bajcetic
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Philippe Coutinho
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Danny Ings
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
Match Statistics
Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 9
Corners F | 0
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 7
Fouls A | 12
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 December 2022
Villa suffer their first League defeat under Unai Emery as an early goal derails post World Cup hopes of a third successive Premier League victory.
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Liverpool


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2021-22
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Monday, 26 December 2022
Attendance | 42,085 |
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🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Paul Tierney | 🏴 | Wigan, 2016-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 4 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Tierney | 🏴 | Wigan, 2016-
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, James Mainwaring.
Fourth official: Thomas Bramall.
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Assistant VAR: Wade Smith.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2013-
🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 100% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟥 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 | ❌ 0 |
Last 5: 🟥
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Villa have been refereed on twelve occasions by Paul Tierney and won just one - the 2018-19 Championship Play Off Final against Derby County.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
After the World Cup break Villa are without World Cup winner and Golden Glove holder Emiliano Martínez as he is still partying in Argentina. Robin Olsen makes another appearance despite having conceded 11 goals in his first 2.5 appearances for Villa.
Jacob Ramsey is injured as Philippe Coutinho makes an unlikely return as under-18 forward Kadan Young makes his first appearance in the Villa squad with Filip Marschall called up for the first time this season.
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.10 |
Bench Average Age: | 25.21 |
Squad Average Age: | 26.65 |
Subs Average Age: | 29.69 |
Oldest Starter: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.49 |
Youngest Starter: M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 23.11 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.49 |
Youngest Squad Player: F Kadan Young | 🏴 | 16.95 |
Oldest Substitute: CF Danny Ings | 🏴 | 30.80 |
Youngest Substitute: M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 27.72 |
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔥 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | ©️ |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Jürgen Klopp | 🇩🇪 |

Liverpool
GK Alisson | 🇧🇷 |
RB Trent Alexander-Arnold | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Virgil van Dijk | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
CB Joel Matip | 🇨🇲 |
LB Andrew Robertson | 🏴 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Fabinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Thiago Alcántara | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
W Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 | ⚽
W Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Darwin Núñez | 🇺🇾 | 🔁 |
🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 85’ |
🔁 | M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Danny Ings | 🏴 | for W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Naby Keïta | 🇬🇳 | for M Thiago Alcántara | 🇪🇸 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Harvey Elliott | 🏴 | for W Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | CB Joe Gomez | 🏴 | for M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 | 79’ |
🔁 | M Stefan Bajcetic | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | for RB Trent Alexander-Arnold | 🏴 | 79’ |
🔁 | W Ben Doak | 🏴 | for CF Darwin Núñez | 🇺🇾 | 88’ |

🟥 26 Dec 2022, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Jan Bednarek | 🇵🇱 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
F Kadan Young | 🏴 |
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Caoimhin Kelleher | 🇮🇪 |
LB Konstantinos Tsimikas | 🇬🇷 |
M Fábio Carvalho | 🇵🇹 |
CB Nathaniel Phillips | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
