​The Aston Villa v Liverpool Premier League Round of 17 tie will take place on Monday 26 December at 6.30pm at Villa Park in Birmingham and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and First Sport 1 .

The Premier League returns after a month-and-a-half World Cup break in Qatar with the biggest event in English football on Boxing Day, which also features Aston Villa and Liverpool.

Aston Villa are 12th in the table with 18 points from 15 matches, having been in top form before the league break with three wins in their last four Premier League games.

Unai Emery, on his second England experience since Arsenal, was brought in for Steven Gerrard and made just three appearances on the bench for the Lions, two in the league, both wins, 3-1 against Manchester United ( ) and 2 -1 with Brighton (d), and one in the EFL Cup, lost, 2-4 with Manchester United (d).

Aston Villa have won three of their last five Premier League games played at home (1-0 v Southampton, 4-0 v Brentford and 3-1 v Manchester United), drew with Manchester City (1-1) and Chelsea lost (0 -2).

Liverpool are 6th in the Premier League with 22 points from 14 games and were knocked out of the EFL Cup as title holders in the middle of last week after 2-3 away to Manchester City.

The Cormorants, who have dropped their title chances since the first part of the season, have three wins and two defeats in their last five league matches and are only 14th in the away games standings, with a win, two draws and three defeats

Liverpool have won their last four head-to-head matches against Aston Villa (Salah has scored in three of them) and last won 2-1 away in a return to last season’s Championship (Matip 6, Mane 65, respectively Douglas Lui 3).

Superbet offers odds of 1.75 on prediction 2: away victory in the match Aston Villa – Liverpool.

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