Aston Villa vs Liverpool

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 7-2 at home to Liverpool. Aston Villa led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Jack Grealish, Watkins made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute, set up by Jack Grealish, Mohamed Salah pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 33rd minute, John McGinn made it 3-1 from a corner in the 35th minute, and Watkins made it 4-1 with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Trézéguet. In the second half, Ross Barkley made it 5-1 in the 55th minute, set up by Jack Grealish, Salah made it 5-2 in the 60th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino, Jack Grealish made it 6-2 in the 66th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, and Grealish made it 7-2 in the 75th minute, set up by John McGinn.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Liverpool's 1.66 from 14.