English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 15, 2012
Aston Villa DWDDW 3
–
Liverpool DLWWW 1
1st2ndT
AVL213
LIV011
Anfield · 44,607 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
3
27.9
Possession
72.1
11
SHOTS
29
6
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
146
Accurate Passes
496
211
Passes
564
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
4
Crosses
43
0.5
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
65
17
Accurate Long Balls
55
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
11
18
Effective Tackles
9
25
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
9
53
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 5Daniel AggerCD-L
  3. 37Martin SkrtelCD-R
  4. 19Stewart DowningLB
  5. 2Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaCM
  7. 24Joe AllenLM
  8. 8Steven GerrardRM
  9. 33Jonjo ShelveyF
  10. 7Luis SuárezLF
  11. 31Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Jamie CarragherSUB
  2. 14Jordan HendersonSUB
  3. 10Joe ColeSUB
  4. 47Andre WisdomSUB
  5. 16Sebastián CoatesSUB
  6. 1Brad JonesSUB
  7. 30SusoSUB

AVL · 3-5-2

  1. 22Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD
  3. 32Nathan BakerCD-L
  4. 31Chris HerdCD-R
  5. 25Barry BannanCM-L
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM-R
  7. 14Brett HolmanAM
  8. 30Eric LichajLM
  9. 34Matthew LowtonRM
  10. 26Andreas WeimannCF-L
  11. 20Christian BentekeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Shay GivenSUB
  2. 12Marc AlbrightonSUB
  3. 21Jordan BowerySUB
  4. 16Fabian DelphSUB
  5. 8Karim El AhmadiSUB
  6. 10Charles N'ZogbiaSUB
  7. 27Joe BennettSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Liverpool 0, Aston Villa 1. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brett Holman.
  2. 40' Goal! Liverpool 0, Aston Villa 2. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
  3. 45' Match ends, Liverpool 1, Aston Villa 3.
  4. 51' Foul by Martin Skrtel (Liverpool).
  5. 60' Attempt missed. Joe Cole (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  6. 65' Matthew Lowton (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 65'
  7. 70' Joe Cole (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 86' Attempt missed. Joe Cole (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a cross following a corner.
  9. 87' Attempt blocked. Glen Johnson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
  10. 88' Goal! Liverpool 1, Aston Villa 3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Glen Johnson.
  11. 90' Attempt blocked. Joe Allen (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  12. 90'+2' Hand ball by Joe Cole (Liverpool).

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