{"id":254004,"date":"2025-11-01T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/254004\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T06:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:45:07","slug":"how-liverpool-could-line-up-in-premier-league-clash-vs-aston-villa-4-2-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/254004\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liverpool could line up in Premier League clash vs Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Desperate to get a grip on their fall from grace, Liverpool welcome Aston Villa to Anfield for Saturday evening\u2019s must-win Premier League showdown.<\/p>\n

The Reds have lost their last four Premier League games in a row. That dismal run is even worse when stretched across all competitions, where they\u2019ve won just one of their last seven outings.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool welcome Villa to Merseyside on the back of consecutive defeats against Brentford and Crystal Palace, with the latter knocking them out of the EFL Cup in the fourth round.<\/p>\n

The Reds are yet to reap the rewards of their \u00a3450m splurge in the summer transfer window and will hope Villa\u2019s visit offers them some reprieve.<\/p>\n

However, Villa\u2019s form will send shivers down Liverpool\u2019s spine. Unai Emery\u2019s side are unbeaten in their last six Premier League games and are enjoying a four-match winning streak.<\/p>\n

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Manchester City were their latest victims following a 1-0 win at Villa Park, and Liverpool will be desperate to avoid being the latest casualty in Villa\u2019s remarkable renaissance.<\/p>\n

How Liverpool could line up<\/p>\n

As if Slot doesn\u2019t already have a full plate, the Dutchman is also reeling from an injury crisis that has left up to five key players confined to the infirmary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, that shouldn\u2019t stop him from naming a strong squad that should see Giorgi Mamardashvilli continue to stand in for the injured Alisson.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool\u2019s backline has been the subject of intense scrutiny over the past few weeks, but Slot will hope Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, and Milos Kerkez can keep things tight at the back.<\/p>\n

There could be good news in midfield, with Ryan Gravenberch likely to make his return from injury.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman has been out of the loop since picking up an ankle injury during the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United earlier in October.<\/p>\n

However, Slot confirmed that he should be fit enough to help the team against Villa.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll likely anchor the midfield alongside Dominik Szoboszlai, while Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, and Cody Gakpo provide support for Hugo Ekitike up front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Desperate to get a grip on their fall from grace, Liverpool welcome Aston Villa to Anfield for Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[20702,18890,6843,49,48,115463,95148,27428,78018,33202,15867,43520,1417,563,2680,63016,35416,574,48256,561,82,93955,39820],"class_list":["post-254004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alisson","tag-aston-villa","tag-brentford","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cody-gakpo","tag-conor-bradley","tag-crystal-palace","tag-dominik-szoboszlai","tag-florian-wirtz","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-ibrahima-konate","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-city","tag-manchester-united","tag-milos-kerkez","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-premier-league","tag-ryan-gravenberch","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-villa-park","tag-virgil-van-dijk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}