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The third round of the FA Cup will be held on the island at the weekend. The games are under special observation, because in addition to the already increasing number of new infections in Great Britain, it is made more difficult that professionals now meet amateurs who have been tested far less often. While the role of favorites in many matches is clearly divided from a purely sporting point of view, an absolute top game awaits us on Friday evening.
The two Premier League clubs Aston Villa and Liverpool will meet in Villa Park. According to the betting odds of the best bookmakers, the slight advantages lie with the team of coach Jürgen Klopp, who, however, has no good memories of the last trip to Birmingham.
At the beginning of October the Villans celebrated a 7-2 victory that was hardly thought possible and inflicted a more than painful defeat on the reigning champions. Exactly this surprising result is, in our opinion, one of the reasons why a prognosis for the away win between Aston Villa and Liverpool will pay off on Friday. In any case, the Reds shouldn’t lack motivation after this heavy gossip.
Aston Villa :
Aston Villa has undoubtedly been one of the positive surprises this season so far. After Villans only narrowly escaped relegation to the championship in 2019/20, coach Dean Smith’s team is currently eighth in the Premier League table after 15 match days.
Also noteworthy is the fact that the club from Birmingham are currently only seven points behind leaders Liverpool and could even move up to one point in the event of two wins in the two remaining catch-up games. But it is also a fact that things can go in the opposite direction relatively quickly, especially since the program in the coming weeks has games against Tottenham, Everton or ManCity.
Perhaps the crucial question will be how seriously Dean Smith and his renowned assistant John Terry take the FA Cup. In the recent past, the oldest cup competition on the island was by no means one of the strengths of the Villans, who have only managed to survive the third round once in five attempts since reaching the finals in 2015. In the League Cup 2020/21, the first division team also suffered the surprising end at home against Stoke from the championship.
Against the background of the traditional weakness in national cup competitions and the statistics that the Premier League eighth in the league scored more points abroad than in their own stadium (3-1-3), we can well imagine between Aston Villa and Liverpool give a tip on that the front runner prevails after regular time, regardless of which personal coach Smith ultimately offers.
Liverpool :
Jürgen Klopp has not paid much attention to Europe’s oldest cup competition, the FA Cup, during his tenure at Liverpool Football Club. Only in the previous season did the Reds reach the fifth round, but finally had to admit defeat to Chelsea FC. In 2015, the men from Merseyside went to the semi-finals for the last time. By the way, the knockout was against Aston Villa.
Also on Friday evening, Liverpool will deal with the Villans again. In our eyes it is difficult to assess how seriously Jürgen Klopp will take the 2020/21 trophy. Although last year the first championship after a 30-year dry spell was brought back to the birthplace of the Beatles, the Premier League logically enjoys the highest priority again.
Nevertheless, we think the German coach is so ambitious that he would like to add the title, which he has never won on the island before, to his personal trophy collection. In addition, we believe that the Reds will improve their performance compared to the disappointing performance in Southampton (0: 1) as well as a special thirst for revenge due to the mentioned 2: 7 clap in the Premier League game in early October.
The biggest question mark remains the staff that the former Dortmund will muster in the third FA Cup round. If we believe the English media reports, there could be numerous changes in the starting XI. Only Thiago and Oxlade-Chamberlain would keep their place in the team.
In addition to the long list of injuries, which includes many prominent names with Jota, Matip, van Dijk, Keita and Gomez, the offensive trio Infernale Salah, Firmino and Mané also seem to be taking a break. However, the potential backups Minamino, Shaqiri and Origi will be burning for their chance, as will the youngsters N. Williams, R. Williams or Jones.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool head to head matches
04.10.20 PL Aston Villa Liverpool 7 : 2
05.07.20 PL Liverpool Aston Villa 2 : 0
17.12.19 EFL Aston Villa Liverpool 5 : 0
02.11.19 PL Aston Villa Liverpool 1 : 2
14.02.16 PL Aston Villa Liverpool 0 : 6