Premier League: Liverpool vs Aston Villa

Liverpool will be playing in front of their home fans against Aston Villa at 9:00 a.m. ET on Sunday at Anfield. Coming in fresh off a victory as the underdog, the Reds will stroll into this one as the favorite.

Liverpool faced off against Newcastle for the first time this season, and the Reds walked away the winners. Liverpool won by a goal and slipped past Newcastle United 2-1. The win made it back-to-back wins for the Reds.

It took two tries, but Aston Villa can finally say they have a win on the road. They took their matchup against Burnley on Sunday 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Villans.

Bayern Munich, completing an overhaul this summer following exits of Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and James Milner, among others. The Reds have started the season with two wins and a draw, with a very late turnaround at Newcastle last time out coming courtesy of two Darwin Nunez goals off the bench.

Meanwhile for Villa, the signing of Moussa Diaby adds some real star quality to their attacking ranks, while defeat to Newcastle at the start of the season has been followed up by wins over Everton and Burnley.

The two clubs clash at Anfield ahead of the international break both harbouring ambitions to perform notably better than last term.

Virgil van Dijk is suspended after being sent off against Newcastle. Thiago Alcantara had a setback so remains out injured, while Ibou Konate is also sidelined until after the international break. Curtis Jones is back in training but probably won’t feature much yet. It leaves Jurgen Klopp likely turning to Joe Gomez and Joel Matip at centre-back, though the latter also had a fitness issue last week. Darwin Nunez will hope to displace Cody Gakpo up front after his match-winning brace in the previous match.

Villa have a long list of long-term injury worries, including Emi Buendia, Tyrone Mings and Alex Moreno. Leander Dendoncker, Jacob Ramsey and goalkeeper Emi Martinez have also been injured, though the latter may make it back for this match. Emery has usually fielded a narrow 4-4-2 system but switched to a back three for the win at Burnley and could stay that way here.

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Sarah H

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