Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 March 2013

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 31 March 2013, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Aston Villa lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 March 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (31'). Liverpool scored through Jordan Henderson (47') and Steven Gerrard (60', penalty).

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 30 points from 30 and Liverpool 7th on 45 points from 30. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Liverpool 6th with 63.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Jordan HendersonLiverpool · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 60'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 3, Liverpool 4.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Yacouba Sylla, Ashley Westwood, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Nathan Baker

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, José Enrique, Lucas Leiva, Jordan Henderson, Steven Gerrard, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez, Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Stewart Downing