Preview for Liverpool v Aston Villa
Arne Slot is satisfied Liverpool will escape of their present hunch as a result of high quality of the gamers at his disposal.
The Merseysiders have misplaced six of their final seven video games in all competitions and exited the EFL Cup in midweek after a youthful workforce went down 3-0 to Crystal Palace.
Liverpool host Aston Villa at Anfield tomorrow night time figuring out a win is required to get their season again on monitor and Slot is assured enchancment is simply across the nook.
He mentioned: “The factor that offers me essentially the most confidence is the standard of the gamers that we’ve got. And the quantity of probabilities these gamers are nonetheless creating.
“This may finally all the time result in these gamers scoring extra targets than we’ve got accomplished till now.
“If I’m talking about what we’ve got to enhance, folks will say I’m utilizing excuses so possibly now it’s higher to simply say we have to tackle sure issues to do higher. However, there are quite a lot of positives to enter this week as effectively. High quality of the gamers is the in the beginning and the quantity of probabilities we create from open play remains to be ok to compete for the competitions we need to compete for.”
Slot insinuated there have been points with the depth of his squad after the Palace sport however he struck a extra encouraging tone at this time when requested the place he felt Liverpool could also be brief.
“We miss nothing,” he mentioned. “I’m pleased that you simply requested this query as a result of I’m fully pleased with the workforce and with all the standard that we’ve got and I’m additionally fully satisfied by the technique and the coverage that we’ve got however that makes the difficulty – in the event you name it a difficulty – just isn’t all of them have had a correct pre-season or have been injured.
“When three or 4 are injured you return to 16 gamers. I’m a agency believer that 20 or 21 gamers is sufficient however it’s important to hold them match as we did final season.
“However, no excuses for our outcomes earlier than folks say this. We now have needed to play quite a lot of away video games with solely two days relaxation in-between and that will have been troublesome for our gamers final season and gamers which were match all pre-season however that has not been our state of affairs. It’s nothing to do with the squad depth, it’s how we’ve gone all through the season when it comes to accidents and availability.”
Villa began the season in their very own mini-slump however have emerged with flying colors over the previous few weeks. They’ve gained six of seven in all competitions, the newest coming final Sunday towards Manchester Metropolis.
They begin the weekend in eighth, degree on factors with the defending champions.
Staff Information for Liverpool v Aston Villa
Document signing Alexander Isak stays sidelined for Liverpool, as do Alisson, Curtis Jones and Jeremie Frimpong.
Midfield lynchpin Ryan Gravenberch might function after returning to coaching.
Villa will likely be with out Youri Tielemans and Andres Garcia by harm whereas Harvey Elliott is ineligible to face his dad or mum membership.
Emi Buendia is a doubt.
Predicted line-ups for Liverpool v Aston Villa
Liverpool: Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike
Aston Villa: Martinez; Money, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Onana; McGinn, Rogers, Malen; Watkins
Methods to watch Liverpool v Aston Villa: TV and on-line streams
Liverpool versus Aston Villa kicks off at 8pm UK time tomorrow night time. You’ll be able to watch it on TNT Sports activities and stream through the invention+ app.
World channels might be discovered right here.
Stats for Liverpool v Aston Villa
- Liverpool have gained six of their final seven Premier League dwelling video games towards Aston Villa (D1), having been winless towards them in 4 at Anfield earlier than this (D2 L2)
- Liverpool need to keep away from dropping 5 consecutive league matches for the primary time since September 1953 – they’re the primary aspect in English top-flight historical past to win their first 5 matches in a season however then lose every of their subsequent 4
Prediction for Liverpool v Aston Villa
This will’t go on. Slot is correct, Liverpool have an excessive amount of high quality for this hunch to final for much longer.
Prediction: Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa