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Aston Villa team news vs Liverpool confirmed as Unai Emery makes four changes to starting XI
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has named his starting XI to take on Liverpool at Anfield this evening (8pm kick-off).
Emery has made four changes from the side which lost 1-0 against Club Brugge on Wednesday night as Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey come into the side.
From back to front Emi Martinez starts in goal behind a defence of Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Torres and Digne. Onana partners Youri Tielemans in midfield as Leon Bailey operates from the right and Ramsey on the left. Morgan Rogers will support Ollie Watkins up front.
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This is Liverpool's 100th home game versus Villa in all competitions and they have won 62 times and lost 17. Their manager Arne Slot has made the best start by any Premier League manager in history, with 14 wins from 16 competitive games in charge.
Villa’s solitary victory in the past 13 Premier League meetings was by 7-2 at Villa Park in October 2020, with Watkins scoring a hat-trick. They've only taken one point from six league visits to Anfield since a 1-0 win in September 2014.
Villa XI: Martinez, Konsa, Carlos, Pau, Digne, Onana, Tielemans, Bailey, Ramsey, Rogers, Watkins.
Subs: Olsen, Bogarde, Maatsen, Mings, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia, Philogene, Duran.
Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Diaz.
Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Quansah, Morton, Bradley.
