Probable Lineups
4-3-1-2
4-3-3
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in FA Cup.
Missing Players
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Player | Reason | Status |
---|---|---|
Ciaran Clark | Out | |
Chris Herd | Out | |
Carlos Sánchez | Out | |
Libor Kozák | Out | |
Gabriel Agbonlahor | Doubtful | |
Philippe Senderos | Doubtful | |
Aly Cissokho | Doubtful | |
Alan Hutton | Doubtful | |
Carles Gil | Doubtful |
Player | Reason | Status |
---|---|---|
Mamadou Sakho | Out | |
Jon Flanagan | Out | |
Jordon Ibe | Out | |
Adam Lallana | Doubtful | |
Daniel Sturridge | Doubtful |
Team News
Aston Villa
Liverpool
- Tim Sherwood has real injury problems ahead of the trip to Wembley, with as many as 11 first team players potentially sidelined.
- He will be hoping the likes of Agbonlahor, Hutton and Cissokho are back available but Ciaran Clark will miss out having picked up an injury at Spurs.
- Carlos Sanchez is suspended having received a late red card last time out, so the Midlands outfit really are down to the bare bones, with 19-year old Jack Grealish set to keep his place from the start.
- Shay Given will keep his place as the cup goalkeeper, while Bacuna or Richardson could move into midfield if Westwood is unable to complete the 90.
- Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard are both back from suspension, though the latter is unlikely to start.
- Skrtel should replace Lovren at the back if Rodgers persists with a back 4 in the absence of Mamadou Sakho, while Sturridge and Lallana may be fit enough for a place on the bench.
- Jordon Ibe is cup tied so Lazar Markovic may return to the side on the right of a front three, with Sterling and Coutinho switching positions throughout the match.
I cant believe this,our captain is leaving us but we cant....
I find the WhoScored ratings confusing. I don't see how anyone could watch that match and then give Grealish and Gerrard the same rating.
@jimcalifornia I'm a Liverpool fan and couldn't agree more...Gerrard deserved like a 4
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA THEY ARE BACK HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Cleverley > Gerrard
I'm glad I put a tenner on Villa but that was horrible to watch from Liverpool. Fair play to Villa; they were brilliant
Liverpool sold suarez and literally burned the money they got from that.
@inter77 that's what I'm saying. Lovren can't follow his man, Gerrard should have been substituted at halftime and not moved to a defensive midfielder as he can hardly cover the men he was supposed to mark. If we don't make Champions League this season Rodgers should walk away. He has not won anything for the club since joining and goes on and on about the team showing "promise" & "character". Whatever scouting application is being used at Anfileld clearly only works for Baseball. You will see this also next season with Feyenoord as it seems they plan to adopt the same strategy for picking players.
@JCAlumni The strategy is called "Moneyball" and is used only partly in Liverpool. The whole system is going to be introduced in AZ Alkmaar next season.
Liverpool has a decent squad, but a terrible strategy. This is too much, it's time to get a new manager.
Lovren was such a crap signing.
even i became fan of liverpool due to gerrard but he is not the player to start todays game. he is lost in the pitch.
I dont know what will happened, but red guys, go to the champion celebration at STVG birthday, go Liverpool, I am your The Kop!
@TheKop ... what???
@Art_Vandelay FA Cup final match will play at Steven Gerrard birthday... but we are not there, unfortunately!
Benteke is better than any Liverpool player..
@Villa Coutinho
@RobbieFowler Lol don't joke.
@Villa oh,yeah?
@shevchenco Yeah, what?
@Villa ahhaahhaa
Will be a great match when both teams will try to win the match ! My predictions are BTTS and over 2.5 ! Liverpool to win . High numbers of cards shown !
Liiiiverpooool.......Liiiiverpooool....we'll be hearing at Wembley tonight.
When doing the predictions, who is home and who is away?
I fancy Villa in extra time. No logical football reason because Liverpool are by far the better team, just a hunch. Sherwood has galvanised the team and Benteke looks world class at the moment. It's almost like Paul Lambert is a crap manager or something...
@SteveHyland Maybe because Sherwood is a much better manager than Brenda?
@What4- Ha ha, well I liked Rodgers when he was at Swansea but this 3-4-2-1 formation with the 1 being a false 9 is just ridiculous. 3-4-2-1would only work with "floater" players like Sanchez and Hazard behind the one up top and that one being a genuine 9 anyway.
Hope Villa win this. Think it could go either way as Benteke is a real handful (he's huge, almost unstoppable in the air, quick and powerful) and Villa under Sherwood are much, much better and very unpredictable.
2 teams that try to attack on the big Wembley pitch, should be a great match.
Aston Villa 0-3 Liverpool
@jchann1