Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015
Result
Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa: match report
Liverpool drew with Aston Villa 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
James Milner opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Liverpool's goals came from James Milner (2'), Daniel Sturridge (59') and Daniel Sturridge (67'). Aston Villa scored through Rudy Gestede (66') and Rudy Gestede (71').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 13th on 8 points from 6 and Aston Villa 17th on 4 points from 6. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Liverpool lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Milner of Liverpool (8.7), ahead of Philippe Coutinho (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Aston Villa's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · James Milner
- 59'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
- 66'Goal · Rudy Gestede
- 67'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
- 71'Goal · Rudy Gestede
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (3-4-1-2)
Simon Mignolet, Emre Can, Martin Škrtel, Mamadou Sakho, Nathaniel Clyne, James Milner, Lucas Leiva, Alberto Moreno, Philippe Coutinho, Danny Ings, Daniel Sturridge
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, J. Amavi, Carlos Sánchez, Ashley Westwood, Idrissa Gueye, Scott Sinclair, Rudy Gestede, Jack Grealish