The pressure is rising for Arne Slot, who finds himself under the microscope<\/a> in every post-match interview, and the Dutchman will be desperate to avoid another embarrassment on Saturday against an in-form Villa team. Liverpool<\/a> haven\u2019t lost five straight league matches since 1953. <\/p>\n Villa<\/a> will be certain to push them to their limits this weekend and journey to Anfield in polar opposite form to their hosts. Their shock defeat to Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League was an outlier, with the Villans getting back on track with a hugely impressive 1\u20130 victory over Manchester City last Sunday to extend their winning run to four matches in the Premier League<\/a>. <\/p>\n While Villa haven\u2019t beaten Liverpool since the 7\u20132 thrashing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, they have managed three draws in their last five matches in this fixture. They know they will leapfrog the Reds this weekend with victory and will be eager to pile more misery on the reigning Premier League champions. <\/p>\n Here is Sports Illustrated\u2019s guide to the clash. <\/p>\n FREE NEWSLETTER. New SI FC Newsletter Global Embed. Sign Up to Get Informed With SI FC. dark<\/p>\n Liverpool vs. Aston Villa Head-to-Head Record (Last Five Games)Current Form (All Competitions)<\/p>\n Liverpool<\/p>\n Aston Villa<\/p>\n Liverpool 0\u20133 Crystal Palace – 29\/10\/25<\/p>\n Aston Villa 1\u20130 Man City – 26\/10\/25 <\/p>\n Brentford 3\u20132 Liverpool – 25\/10\/25 <\/p>\n Go Ahead Eagles 2\u20131 Man City – 23\/10\/25<\/p>\n Eintracht Frankfurt 1\u20135 Liverpool – 22\/10\/25<\/p>\n Tottenham 1\u20132 Aston Villa – 19\/10\/25<\/p>\n Liverpool 1\u20132 Man Utd – 19\/10\/25<\/p>\n Aston Villa 2\u20131 Burnley – 05\/10\/25 <\/p>\n Chelsea 2\u20131 Liverpool – 04\/10\/25<\/p>\n Feyenoord 0\u20132 Aston Villa – 02\/10\/25<\/p>\n Country<\/p>\n TV channel\/live stream<\/p>\n United States<\/p>\n fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App, USA Network, Telemundo, UNIVERSO<\/p>\n United Kingdom<\/p>\n TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+, discovery+ App<\/p>\n Canada<\/p>\n DAZN, fuboTV, Fubo Sports Network, Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n Mexico<\/p>\n Caliente TV, Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n Ryan Gravenberch is back for the Reds. \/ Ben Roberts Photo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Slot will revert to a familiar starting lineup against Villa after receiving criticism for his weak selection<\/a> against Palace midweek. He will be pleased by the return of compatriot Ryan Gravenberch<\/a>, who returned to training on Thursday after missing the last three matches. <\/p>\n However, Liverpool will be without Alexander Isak and Curtis Jones for Saturday, with Slot saying he\u2019s \u201c99.9%\u201d certain they won\u2019t be involved. That means an undisputed start for Hugo Ekitik\u00e9, who was given the night off midweek like the bulk of his first-team clubmates. <\/p>\n Jeremie Frimpong is also sidelined after sustaining an injury on his return to Germany against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League, while Alisson is still missing with a hamstring issue. The duo join youngsters Giovanni Leoni, Stefan Baj\u010deti\u0107 and Jayden Danns in the treatment room. <\/p>\n Amara Nallo would not have featured against Villa anyway, but is missing through suspension after being sent off for the second time in only his second Liverpool appearance midweek.<\/p>\n Liverpool need to make drastic improvements this weekend. \/ FotMob<\/p>\n Liverpool predicted lineup vs. Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konat\u00e9, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitik\u00e9.<\/p>\n Harvey Elliott is ineligible to face Liverpool. \/ Michael Regan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Villa have a few injury concerns themselves for the journey to Merseyside, with Emiliano Buend\u00eda having recently entered the treatment room. The Argentine was spotted on crutches after sustaining an injury in victory over Man City last time out. <\/p>\n Buend\u00eda joins Youri Tielemans and Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda on the sidelines, both of whom are unlikely to return before the November international break. Harvey Elliott is ineligible to face his parent club Liverpool and will sit out this weekend.<\/p>\n Villa\u2019s early Carabao Cup exit means they enjoyed an empty midweek, allowing them to recover for a crunch clash with Liverpool. The injured Buend\u00eda is likely to be Unai Emery\u2019s only change from an excellent win over the Cityzens. <\/p>\n Evann Guessand could be the only alteration from last Sunday. \/ FotMob<\/p>\n Aston Villa predicted lineup vs. Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Mart\u00ednez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Onana; Guessand, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins. <\/p>\n Form would make Villa favourites for this one, but there\u2019s a sense that Liverpool\u2019s fortunes must change soon and Saturday could provide them with the necessary springboard. In front of the vociferous Anfield crowd and under the floodlights, the Reds will be highly motivated to turn things around. <\/p>\n Villa might be in excellent form, but they haven\u2019t won at Anfield since 2014 and have struggled at the venue since their return to the Premier League back in 2019\u201320. They will fancy their chances of scoring against a defence that refuses to keep clean sheets, but they will be wary of Liverpool\u2019s immense firepower.<\/p>\n Realistically, it\u2019s a fixture that could go either way, but Liverpool\u2019s home advantage and superior quality means we\u2019re backing them to end their losing streak and return to winning ways. <\/p>\n Prediction: Liverpool 2\u20131 Aston Villa<\/p>\n READ THE LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE NEWS, TRANSFER RUMORS AND GOSSIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are aiming to avoid a fifth straight Premier League defeat and seventh loss from eight matches when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-264502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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