Aston Villa-Liverpool is a match valid for the thirty-seventh day of the Premier League and is played Monday at 9:30 pm: live TV, probable formations, predictions.
Nothing to do for Liverpool. Now even the math says so: the Reds, after wins by Arsenal and Manchester City this weekend, are officially out of the title race. A bitter end to the season then for Jurgen Klopp. Who in seven days will say goodbye to his “people” after nine memorable seasons.
Salah and his teammates are paying for the sudden drop they had in April, in which in addition to collecting only one point in the matches with Crystal Palace, Everton and West Ham, they also exited the Europa League through Atalanta. Liverpool returned to success only last Sunday, downing Tottenham 4-2 at Anfield Road. Now Klopp and his men will face Spurs’ direct competitor, that Aston Villa that after 41 years dreams of returning to play the most important continental event, the Champions League. Unai Emery’s team is having the drop right now; it has just finished out of the Conference League, a competition in which it was heavily favored (6-2 aggregate score with the Greeks of Olympiacos) but fortunately for the Basque coach he can count on a sizeable advantage over Tottenham, which has four points less but one of its last two games has to play Manchester City, in the midst of the fight for the title of champion of England. The Villans would be assured of fourth place by folding the Reds and could even be okay with a draw if 24 hours later Spurs fail to beat Guardiola’s men.
The Prediction
The feeling is that Liverpool, despite having no more goals, will not give the Villans anything. Therefore, a positive result for the Reds is likely in a match that should reserve at least three goals in total, given the moment of great difficulty that the two defenses are going through.
The probable lineups of Aston Villa-Liverpool
ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Martinez; Cash, Pau Torres, Lenglet, Digne; Diaby, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Bailey; Duran, Watkins.
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Robertson; Elliott, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Luis Diaz.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
