Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates from huge clash

Liverpool travel to Aston Villa for a midweek Premier League clash knowing that a week would extend their lead in the title race to 10 points.

Arne Slot’s side enter a crucial week with a seven-point lead over Arsenal in second place, but with tricky fixtures to come away at Manchester City on Sunday and at home to Newcastle United next week. However, the Reds – who held out for a nervy 2-1 win over a resolute Wolves side on Sunday – will know that coming through a testing period unscathed would be a huge step towards the title in Slot’s first season in charge.

Unai Emery’s men, meanwhile, are chasing the European spots. Villa are already through the last-16 of the Champions League this season and will want to guarantee another campaign next year. They are ninth in the Premier League and can leap up to seventh with a win at Villa Park.

Follow all the Premier League action with our live blog below:

Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE

• Aston Villa host Liverpool in Premier League | Live on TNT Sports 2

• Villa seeking to get back to winning ways after 1-1 draw with Ipswich

• Reds can extend Premier League lead to 10 points with victory

• 29′ GOAL! Jota squares to Salah to finish after Villa giva ball away (AVL 0-1 LIV)

• 16′ NO GOAL! Rashford offside as Van Dijk turns ball into own net (AVL 0-0 LIV)

• Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Mings, Digne, Asensio, Tielemans, McGinn, Rashford, Rogers; Watkins.

• Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Szoboszlai, Jota, Salah

• Liverpool make one change as Curtis Jones replaces Luis Diaz in line-up

• Marcus Rashford makes first Aston Villa start, alongisde Marco Asensio

Aston Villa FC 0 – 1 Liverpool FC

Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

20:06 , Jamie Braidwood

34 mins: Just the 15 goals for Salah in the Premier League this season already – and that’s AWAY from home.

He’s up to 24 in total – five clear of Erling Haaland now.

Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

20:03 , Jamie Braidwood

31 mins: The game’s first shot on target. Salah won’t get an easier goal all season.

It wasn’t as if it hadn’t been coming, though. Villa had been shaky playing all from the early stages.

Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool (SALAH 29′)

19:59 , Jamie Braidwood

GUESS WHO?! Aston Villa you cannot give Mohamed Salah a chance like that!

It’s a disaster for Andrés García, who passed straight to Jota as Villa opened up. Jota is able to carry into the box and squares to Salah, who fires high into an empty net.

Liverpool lead and it’s an absolute gift!

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:58 , Jamie Braidwood

27 mins: Robertson has the full left wing to cover on his own for Liverpool but does well to race around the edge of the box. It’s pulled back to Mac Allister, but the Argentine’s shot is blocked by Disasi.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:56 , Jamie Braidwood

24 mins: McGinn gets an important touch in the Villa box as Jota looked to bring the ball down and volley.

Then Robertson picks out Salah at the back post. but the league’s top scorer can’t keep his header down.

That’s a chance! It sails over the bar.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:54 , Jamie Braidwood

22 mins: Mac Allister goes down in the box with Liverpool defending a free-kick and a yellow card for Disasi explains why. It looks as if the centre-back just caught Mac Allister with a loose arm, and Liverpool get the free-kick.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:50 , Jamie Braidwood

19 mins: CHANCE! Another lovely move, this time from Liverpool. Szoboszlai is gently slipped through but Martinez is so quick off his line and saves as Szoboszlai looked to chip it back across to Jota.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:49 , Jamie Braidwood

18 mins: At the other end, a couple of moments for Liverpool. Jones is put through but Mings recovers to poke the ball clear, with Martinez also coming off his line.

Then Jota is picked out but his volley, on the left foot, is dragged wide.

NO GOAL! Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:47 , Jamie Braidwood

16 mins: SUPERB from Rashford – the ball is in the net but the flag is also up. Let’s see.

Yep, offside. Rashford exchanged a one-two with Asensio and flashed the ball across goal, going in off Van Dijk’s leg.

But Rashford was a touch offside. Still a sharp move though.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:46 , Jamie Braidwood

16 mins: Van Dijk tries to pick out Szoboszlai with a long pass over the top but it’s beyond the Hungarian.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:45 , Jamie Braidwood

14 mins: Villa take it short to get Rashford to deliver the ball with his lovely, pacey whip from the left. It’s too close to Alisson, though, and he claims.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:44 , Jamie Braidwood

12 mins: Szoboszlai drags down Tielemans and Villa have a free-kick 35 yards out. Konate heads away Asensio’s cross before Alisson punches the next ball in from Garcia.

Villa with a decent spell and they win a corner as Disasi, of all people, gets to the byline. Konate gets out and makes the block.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:42 , Jamie Braidwood

10 mins: Gravenberch turns wonderfully from a throw-in but the play breaks down as Jones attempts a flick. Jones is tucking in at times as Jota goes out wide – it’s a lot more fluid than usual when Diaz is out on the wing.

At the other end, Rashford steps inside but Konate reads his pass into Watkins. Rashford looks lively, as does this game.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:38 , Jamie Braidwood

7 mins: Villa get their first chance to attack as Rogers turns well. Alexander-Arnold can nick the ball away from Rashford and Konate clears. Villa are playing a dangerous game but they are trying to draw in Liverpool before quickly flowing through them.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:36 , Jamie Braidwood

5 mins: A fine start from Liverpool and Villa can’t get out. Salah pulls a pass back to Jota, whose shot is blocked by Mings.

Another chance! McGinn plays out poorly and loses the ball – Alexander-Arnold clips another cross in and finds Jota, but he heads wide.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:34 , Jamie Braidwood

3 mins: CHANCE! Liverpool work the corner wonderfully. They played it around the box and Alexander-Arnold clips a through ball with the outside of his box. It falls to Van Dijk but the captain blasts over on the volley.

Villa give away another corner poorly as they try to play out from the goal-kick.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:33 , Jamie Braidwood

2 mins: A pause as Robertson’s cross from the left hits Garcia in a sensitive area. It will bring a first corner of the match to Liverpool.

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:32 , Jamie Braidwood

1 mins: So who’s playing on the left wing for Liverpool? It looks like Curtis Jones, back in the team after his red card against Everton. Dominik Szoboszlai is down the middle, behind Jota.

KICK OFF! Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

19:31 , Jamie Braidwood

Underway! A huge night in the title race in Birmingham.

Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE

19:28 , Jamie Braidwood

The players are coming out of the tunnel – it’s a night game at Villa Park and the Premier League leaders are in town, so it should be a cracking atmosphere.

This fixture usually delivers, too: the last seven Premier League meetings between these teams at Villa Park have produced a total of 33 goals, that’s an average of almost five per game.

For Liverpool, a win puts them 10 points clear of Arsenal in the title race. Aston Villa need a win themselves to get back into Champions League contention. They don’t want this season’s run to be a one-off.

Aston Villa vs Liverpool: Team news and how to watch!

19:26 , Jamie Braidwood

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Mings, Digne, Asensio, Tielemans, McGinn, Rashford, Rogers; Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Zych, Cash, Bogarde, Maatsen, Malen, Ramsey; Jimoh-Aloba.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Szoboszlai, Jota, Salah

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Díaz, Núñez, Chiesa, Elliott, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley.

The match will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 2 – subscribers can also watch online via discovery+.

Aston Villa vs Liverpool: Expect goals tonight

19:20 , Jamie Braidwood

Aston Villa have just kept three clean sheets in 25 games this season, while Liverpool have scored in their last 21 matches – including 15 in a row away from home.

Mohamed Salah, meanwhile, has already been involved in more away goal involvements in a season than any other player in Premier League history.

The Egyptian has 23, with 14 goals and nine assists, away from home in this season’s Premier League – a record for a single season and it’s only February.

Marcus Rashford set for Trent Alexander-Arnold duel

19:15 , Jamie Braidwood

An intriguing sub-plot of tonight’s game is Marcus Rashford’s duel with Trent Alexander-Arnold on his first Aston Villa start. He faced the Liverpool right back plenty of times, getting the better of his England team-mate on a couple of occasions at Old Trafford, although Alexander-Arnold was usually in charge at Anfield.

Nike release remake of iconic Premier League ball for rest of season

19:10 , Jamie Braidwood

Starting tonight, the Premier League will use a remake of a classic Nike football for the rest of the current season.

Nike have released a new version of the T90 Aerow I, which was used during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons and became iconic for it’s blue rings surrounding the Nike swoosh on a white background.

It will make its debut on Wednesday night when league leaders Liverpool travel to Champions League-chasing Aston Villa and will be the final ball created for the Premier League by Nike.

Having designed the footballs for the English top tier for the past 25 years, Nike will be replaced by Puma as the official ball supplier from the 2025-26 season, so they’ve decided to go out in style.

Unai Emery: ‘We have to respond against the best in the world’

19:04 , Jamie Braidwood

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery, speaking to TNT Sports ahead of facing what he calls the “best in the world”.

“[Rashford and Asensio] are adapting, getting better.

“We have players injured and today we have [Mings and Disasi] at centre-back and hopefully they can connect and both be successful. They have strong qualities as defensive players and then we will try to play with personality and control possession.

“It is a really huge challenge and I want to watch how we respond…