As Liverpool prepare for the Boxing Day trip to Villa Park, we take a look at the latest form and stats…
- Aston Villa have lost eight of the nine most recent league meetings, with the exception being an extraordinary 7-2 home victory in October 2020.
- Liverpool’s only other defeat in their past 21 Premier League visits to Villa Park came in May 2011 (W14, D5, L2).
- The only previous Boxing Day league fixture between these teams saw Liverpool win 2-1 away in 2001.
- Liverpool, in sixth, are outside the top four on Christmas Day for the first time since 2015-16.
- The Reds have dropped 20 points in their 14 league matches this season. They only dropped 22 points in the whole of 2021-22.
- They are looking to win three top-flight fixtures in a row for the first time this season.
- Liverpool have won five consecutive Boxing Day games by an aggregate score of 15-0 since a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City in 2013.
- Jurgen Klopp;s side can equal the top-flight record for most successive Boxing Day clean sheets: six by Man Utd from 1996 to 2001.
- Mohamed Salah has scored in each of his past four starts against Aston Villa in all competitions.
- Andrew Robertson is level with Leighton Baines as the defender with the most assists in Premier League history (53).
