Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 29 December 2009

Result

Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Tuesday 29 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool: match report

Aston Villa lost to Liverpool 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Fernando Torres of Liverpool in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 35 points from 19 and Liverpool 8th on 30 points from 19. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Liverpool 7th with 63.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Liverpool's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Richard DunneAston Villa
  • 43'Yellow card · Lucas LeivaLiverpool
  • 90'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 3, Liverpool 6.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Stephen Warnock, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Alberto Aquilani, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard