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Aston Villa vs Liverpool
15 May 2026, 20:00 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Chris KavanaghPremier League 2025/2026 · 29 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Aston VillaMin
Liverpool- 28′VAR
Liverpool
VAR · Goal Disallowed
Matty Cash
Yellowcard
Foul
39′- ⚽
Morgan Rogers 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Lucas Digne
Right foot shot
42′ Ollie Watkins
Yellowcard
Time wasting
45+3′- ⇄
Ross Barkley
Substitution
Off: Victor Lindelöf
46′ - 52′⚽
Virgil van Dijk 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Dominik Szoboszlai
Header
- ⚽
Ollie Watkins 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Morgan Rogers
Right foot shot
57′ - 62′
Joe Gomez
Yellowcard
Foul
- 66′⇄
Federico Chiesa
Substitution
Off: Joe Gomez
- 66′⇄
Florian Wirtz
Substitution
Off: Ryan Gravenberch
John McGinn
Yellowcard
Foul
66′- ⚽
Ollie Watkins 3-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
73′ - 74′⇄
Mohamed Salah
Substitution
Off: Cody Gakpo
- ⇄
Ian Maatsen
Substitution
Off: Emiliano Buendía
85′ - ⚽
John McGinn 4-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Ollie Watkins
Left foot shot
89′ - ⇄
Douglas Luiz
Substitution
Off: Youri Tielemans
90′ - ⇄
Jadon Sancho
Substitution
Off: John McGinn
90′ - 90+2′⚽
Virgil van Dijk 4-2
Goal · Header
With: Dominik Szoboszlai
Header
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.62 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.44 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.42 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.35 | |
| 90 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 8.52 | |
| 85 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 8.39 | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.46 | |
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| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.61 | |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.08 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Aston Villa
Latest: Tottenham Hotspur · 1–2
Match stats
3 May 2026, 19:00 · Home vs Tottenham Hotspur · 2025/2026
Liverpool
Latest: Manchester United · 2–3
Match stats
3 May 2026, 15:30 · Away vs Manchester United · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Aston Villa’s ground: 16 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Aston Villa’s home games with Liverpool’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Aston Villa
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Liverpool
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Aston Villa
Liverpool
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Previous meetings
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