Liverpool 2–0 Aston Villa — Premier League 2025/26 Match Stats

Premier League · 2025Sat, 1 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCAnfield

Liverpool

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2–0Historical match

Aston Villa

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Liverpool won 2–0.

Shots: 1610
Shots on target: 43
Possession: 53%47%

Full time

What the match recorded

Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2–0. Recorded in this match (Liverpool – Aston Villa): shots 16–10, shots on target 4–3, possession 53%–47%, corners 1–4. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Aston Villa's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Aston Villa's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.9 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	0.9 goals/match	1.31 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Liverpool show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Liverpool's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

15.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLiverpool · Aston Villa10.3 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Liverpool	Aston Villa	Baseline
Shots	15.6 shots/match	10.3 shots/match	12 shots/match
Shots against	11 shots/match	12.5 shots/match	11.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots10 shotsLiverpool 16 shots, Aston Villa 10 shots
Shots on target4 shots3 shotsLiverpool 4 shots, Aston Villa 3 shots
Possession53%47%Liverpool 53%, Aston Villa 47%
Corners1 corner4 cornersLiverpool 1 corner, Aston Villa 4 corners
Fouls13 fouls11 foulsLiverpool 13 fouls, Aston Villa 11 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsLiverpool 2 cards, Aston Villa 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Liverpool

3Draws

0Aston Villa

19 Feb 2025Aston Villa — Liverpool · Premier League2–2

9 Nov 2024Liverpool — Aston Villa · Premier League2–0

13 May 2024Aston Villa — Liverpool · Premier League3–3

3 Sept 2023Liverpool — Aston Villa · Premier League3–0

20 May 2023Liverpool — Aston Villa · Premier League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Liverpool favored in 5 of 9 directional metrics · Aston Villa in 2 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Liverpool10 matchesAston Villa10 matches

1.8 goals/match ▲Goals scored10/100.9 goals/match

1.4 goals/matchGoals allowed10/10▲ 1 goal/match

15.6 shots/match ▲Shots10/1010.3 shots/match

4.5 shots/match ▲Shots on target10/103.1 shots/match

61.6% ●Possession10/1054.1%

5 corners/matchCorners10/10● 5.3 corners/match

1.9 cards/matchCards10/101.8 cards/match

9.6 fouls/matchFouls10/109.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready

Season samples10 / 10home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 2 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4