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Premier League · Matchweek 28

Liverpool vs Aston Villa lineups

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Liverpool host Aston Villa at Anfield on 3 March 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 28 of the Premier League. They last met on 15 May 2026, when Aston Villa won 4-2.

Liverpool vs Aston Villa match facts

Kick-off
Wed 3 Mar 2027, 20:00
Stadium
Anfield, Liverpool
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 28

Liverpool vs Aston Villa lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Liverpool vs Aston Villa head to head

17
Liverpool wins
5
Draws
7
Aston Villa wins

57–40 on goals in 29 meetings since 6 December 2010

Recent Liverpool vs Aston Villa results

  1. Aston Villa4–2LiverpoolVilla Park
  2. Liverpool2–0Aston VillaAnfield
  3. Aston Villa2–2LiverpoolVilla Park
  4. Liverpool2–0Aston VillaAnfield
  5. Aston Villa3–3LiverpoolVilla Park

All in the Premier League

Liverpool vs Aston Villa history

Liverpool have won two of the last five, with two drawn. Aston Villa have not won any of their eight visits to Anfield. Both clubs scored in three of the last five. Liverpool hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, eleven meetings. The widest margin was 6-0 to Liverpool on 14 February 2016.

Anfield

Liverpool play at Anfield in Liverpool. The ground holds 61,276. Aston Villa have not won there in eight visits. Liverpool have won seven of those, with one drawn. The pitch is grass. Aston Villa's most recent visit was on 1 November 2025, a 0-2 defeat.

Last meeting: Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool, May 2026

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Aston Villa, 4-2-3-1
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Liverpool, 4-2-3-1
Aston Villa crest
Aston VillaFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 23Damián MartínezG
  2. 2Matthew CashD
  3. 4Ezri KonsaD
  4. 14Pau TorresD
  5. 12Lucas DigneD
  6. 3Victor LindelöfM
  7. 8Youri TielemansM
  8. 7John McGinnM
  9. 27Morgan RogersM
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaM
  11. 11Oliver WatkinsF

Bench

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 6Ross BarkleyM
  3. 31Leon BaileyF
  4. 21Douglas LuizM
  5. 22Ian MaatsenD
  6. 26Lamare BogardeM
  7. 18Tammy AbrahamF
  8. 19Jadon SanchoF
  9. 16Andrés GarcíaD

Coach: Unai Emery

Liverpool crest
LiverpoolFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 25Giorgi MamardashviliG
  2. 2Joseph GomezD
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéD
  4. 4Virgil van DijkD
  5. 6Miloš KerkezD
  6. 38Ryan GravenberchM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterM
  8. 17Curtis JonesM
  9. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiM
  10. 73Rio NgumohaM
  11. 18Cody GakpoF

Bench

  1. 28Frederick WoodmanG
  2. 11Mohamed SalahF
  3. 14Federico ChiesaF
  4. 79Will WrightF
  5. 26Andrew RobertsonD
  6. 7Florian WirtzM
  7. 53James McConnellM
  8. 42Treymaurice NyoniM
  9. 75T. Ndiaye

Coach: Arne Slot

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 15 May 2026 in the Premier League. Aston Villa won 4-2. Morgan Rogers, Virgil van Dijk and Oliver Watkins and 1 other scored.

Liverpool vs Aston Villa lineups — common questions

When is Liverpool vs Aston Villa?
Liverpool vs Aston Villa kicks off at 20:00 UK time on 3 March 2027 at Anfield in Liverpool. The match is Matchweek 28 of the 2026/27 Premier League season. The clubs last met on 15 May 2026.
What was the score in the last Liverpool vs Aston Villa match?
In the meeting before this one, Aston Villa won 4-2 on 15 May 2026 in the Premier League. The time before that, Liverpool won 2-0 on 1 November 2025 in the Premier League. Liverpool have won 17 of the 29 meetings between the clubs and Aston Villa have won 7.

Aston Villa vs Liverpool at Villa Park

Updated 23 September 2026