Teams to be updated after the toss.

Match Details:

FA Cup, England, 2020-21
Aston Villa vs. Liverpool
Villa Park, Birmingham
Date. January 09, 2021
Kick-off: 01:15 am IST

Preview:

Aston Villa are going to host the round 3 game of the FA Cup against Liverpool at Villa Park, Birmingham in England. In the last Premier League encounter, Aston Villa faced a 1-2 defeat against Manchester United. On the other hand, Liverpool also faced a 0-1 defeat against Southampton in the last Premier League encounter. After examining the recent forms and statistics of these two sides, away side Liverpool are a clear favourite side to secure a win in this encounter.

Current Form (W-D-L):

Aston Villa: DWWDL

Liverpool: WWDDL

Head to Head record:

Aston Villa: 6
Liverpool: 9
Draw: 2

Suspension, Not available & Injured:

Aston Villa :

Wesley(Injured), Trezeguet (Injured), Ross Barkley (Doubtful)

Liverpool :

Virgil van Dijk (Injured), Joe Gomez (Injured), Joel Matip (Injured), Konstantinos Tsimikas (Injured), Naby Keita (Injured), Diogo Jota (Injured)

Probable starting line-up:

Aston Villa (4-3-3):

Heaton, Taylor, Hause, Mohamady, Guilbert, Hourihane, Nakamba, Ramsey, Ghazi, Davis, Traore

Liverpool (4-3-3):

Kelleher, Williams, Phillips, Fabinho, Robertson, Jones, Thiago, Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Minamino, Origi

Top picks:

Andrew Robertson: Liverpools defender has scored 1 goal and claimed 5 assists in the Premier League this season. He has an average of 0.4 shots per game on goal post with a successful passing percentage of 84.1. He is a clear choice for captaincy in Dream11 fantasy teams.

Anwar El Ghazi: Aston Villas attacking forward has scored 5 goals in the Premier League this season. He has an average of 3 shots per game on goal post with a successful passing percentage of 73. He is a differential pick for captaincy in this encounter.

Takumi Minamino: Liverpools winger has scored 1 goal in the Premier League this season. He has an average of 0.8 shots per game on goal post with a successful passing percentage of 79.7. He is a must-have pick in your small league fantasy teams.

Bertrand Traore: Aston Villas attacking forward has scored 3 goals and claimed 2 assists in the Premier League this season. He has an average of 1.4 shots per game on goal post with a successful passing percentage of 80.3. He is a must-have pick in your small league fantasy teams.

Choices for captain and vice-captain:

Andrew Robertson, Anwar El Ghazi, Takumi Minamino, Bertrand Traore, Conor Hourihane

Grand League score prediction:

Home 1-2 Away
Home 2-1 Away
Home 1-0 Away
Home 0-1 Away
Home 1-1 Away
Home 0-0 Away

Score prediction for the Small League:

Aston Villa (1-2) Liverpool

Dream11 Team:

Preferable contest: Head to Head, Small league up to 10 members.

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are of the author and are not a reflection of the actual points you might earn.