BTTS has landed in each of the last six head to head meetings between these sides at Villa Park in the Premier League, including the most recent meeting between the sides at the stadium which ended 2-2.

Liverpool have seen BTTS in each of their last four matches in the Premier League, and have only managed to keep two clean sheets in their last 10 matches across all competitions.

Liverpool’s 18 away matches in the Premier League have produced 56 goals (3.11 per game). Arne Slot’s side have conceded more goals on the road than any other side in the top half of the Premier League (29).

Aston Villa have only kept one clean sheet across their last five matches, and conceded twice against Burnley last time out as they were held to a 2-2 draw on the road by the already relegated side.

Ollie Watkins has improved as the season has unfolded, netting in each of his last two matches ahead of this clash.

11 of Watkins’ 17 goals across all competitions have come since the turn of the year, and he’s got his tally up to 12 in the Premier League - making him Villa’s top scorer.

Watkins is averaging 1.04 shots on target per 90 in the Premier League this season, from a wider shot average of 2.46 shots per 90.

Ryan Gravenberch is a player I’ve come back to all season to win fouls and rarely lets me down. He was fouled twice when these sides met earlier in the season, with Villa committing 11 fouls overall in that game.

Gravenberch has won 39 fouls across his 32 starts in the Premier League this season (1.23 per 90).

Gravenberch has been fouled in three of his last five Premier League matches, drawing 2+ fouls in one of these games. 

Gravenberch is likely to face up against a combination of Tielemans (1.28 fouls per 90), Rogers (1.27 fouls per 90) and Barkley (1.00 fouls per 90), with the trio combining for an average of 3.55 fouls per 90 in the Premier League this season.

There were 14 match corners when these sides last faced off at Villa Park, with high corner counts being a staple in the majority of Premier League matches this season. 

Liverpool have conceded 18 goals from set pieces in the Premier League this season, more than any other side in the division. 

Aston Villa have seen 360 match corners in the Premier League this season (10.00 per game), while Liverpool have seen 10 more corners than Unai Emery’s side (10.28 per game). 

Aston Villa’s match corner average rises slightly when at home to 10.33 corners per game, and it’s likely a route they’ll want to take advantage of given Liverpool’s weakness from these situations.

No Aston Villa player has registered more goal contributions in the Premier League this season than Morgan Rogers (14).

Morgan Rogers is averaging 2.34 shots per 90 and 1.21 chances created per 90 in the Premier League this season, giving him strong underlying numbers to support backing him for a goal contribution here.

There may not be much riding on this game in terms of the wider outcome for both teams, but Rogers is still fighting for a spot on the plane to the World Cup next month.

Szoboszlai was shown a card when these sides met earlier in the season, committing just one foul to earn that caution.

Szoboszlai has picked up more yellow cards than any other Liverpool player this season (8), also picking up a red card in the Premier League.

Szoboszlai has picked up two cautions in his last 10 appearances across all competitions for Liverpool, and lines up against a Villa side who have won more fouls and drawn more cards than any other side in the league this season.

Konate can really struggle with mobile attackers, as was the case when these sides met earlier in the season, and the centre back committed two fouls.

Virgil Van Dijk also committed a foul and was shown a yellow card, suggesting that the Liverpool centre-back duo aren’t particularly comfortable with players like Watkins, Rogers, and McGinn constantly rotating. Both Watkins and Rogers were fouled twice when the sides met earlier in the season, with Liverpool committing 13 fouls overall.

Konate is as short as 1.18 to commit a single foul, while his direct opponents in Watkins (1.30) and Rogers (1.16) are also short.