Interesting Facts
This will be the fourth Premier League meeting in a row at Anfield between Liverpool & Villa where both sides will have different managers in the dugout. (Benitez v O’Neill, Hodgson v Houllier, Dalglish v McLeish and now Rodgers v Lambert).
The last player to score a winning goal for Aston Villa against Liverpool was Stewart Downing in May 2011 in his final appearance before he signed for Liverpool. Since then he has played 43 PL games without scoring for the Reds.
The Villans have won just one of their last 10 Premier League trips to Anfield (W1 D3 L6).
The Reds have kept four clean sheets in their last five league matches at Anfield, conceding just one goal in the other game.