PREVIEW
Team news, manager quotes and facts ahead of the Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park.
MANAGER QUOTES
Alex McLeish (Aston Villa): "Kenny (Dalglish) has done a terrific job. I think they have done some good business, spent a few bob on cracking players who make a difference like Suarez and Adam. At the end of the day, these guys have got to perform and they have been performing for Kenny. But we absolutely relish these games and over the last couple of years my record is pretty good against the bigger clubs in the home games.
"I think I went 11 to 12 games as a manager undefeated in home games against the bigger teams when it wasn't expected. I've got to believe I can do something similar at Villa. The players have got to believe they can take points from the clubs above us as well."
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool): “Everybody’s got to be prepared and ready to play. They will all expect to play some part in some of the games, and Andy Carroll is no different. Everybody will get an opportunity, and Andy like every one of them is ready to step in and play. There is no individual we are not comfortable with putting in.”
Aston Villa
Manager: Alex McLeish
Starting line-up :
B. Guzan, A. Hutton, R. Dunne, J. Collins, S. Warnock, S. Petrov, C. Herd, M. Albrighton, C. N'Zogbia, E. Heskey, D. Bent.
Liverpool
Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Starting line-up :
J. Reina, G. Johnson, M. Škrtel, D. Agger, José Enrique, J. Henderson, C. Adam, M. Rodríguez, S. Downing, D. Kuyt, L. Suarez.
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TEAM NEWS
Aston Villa will be without joint top scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor. Agbonlahor, who has five goals this season, will have to serve a one-match suspension after picking up five yellow cards this season. Emile Heskey is in contention to partner Darren Bent up front. Midfielder Fabian Delph is available after missing last weekend's victory at Bolton with a knee injury. Defender Eric Lichaj (hip) is Villa's only long-term casualty.
Jordan Henderson looks likely to continue as Charlie Adam's partner in central midfield. Jay Spearing serves the second game of a two-match ban while Steven Gerrard (ankle) has not played since late October and Lucas Leiva (knee) is out for the season. Winger Stewart Downing is set to face the club he left in the summer while Maxi Rodriguez will be hoping to make successive league starts for the first time since May.
MATCH FACTS
Stewart Downing scored the winning goal in this fixture last season while playing for Villa. This was the last goal that Downing scored in the Premier League.
Steven Gerrard has scored more goals against Aston Villa than versus any other opponents (9).
There have been just five goals scored in the last five Premier League meetings between Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park.
Villa have scored just four goals in their last 12 Premier League home games against Liverpool. Since a 2-4 defeat in November 1998, Aston Villa have failed to score in two games, then netted once before repeating that same run three more times.
Villa have won just one of the last 13 Premier League games at home against Liverpool.
Darren Bent has scored three goals in his last four Premier League games against Liverpool, including one for Sunderland that deflected into the net off a beach ball.
Liverpool have drawn just one of their last 20 Premier League away matches.
Liverpool have hit the woodwork more times than any other team in 2011-12 (15) & three more than the whole of last season.
Aston Villa have conceded the highest % of goals from corners of any team in the Premier League (32%).
Liverpool have converted the lowest percentage of shots into goals this season (9%).
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