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Arne Slot has named his starting XI to face Aston Villa.

Liverpool make the trip to Villa Park, looking to extend their lead at the top of the league table to ten points.

Aston Villa are currently struggling for form and fitness, and they come into this tie with at least seven players out through injuries.

The hosts stumbled again in their last league outing, as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town, extending their winless run to four games (D3, L1).

But they remain a solid team on their day and famously handed Liverpool their biggest-ever Premier League loss when they beat them 7-2 on this ground in 2020.

However, since then, Liverpool have bossed this fixture, winning six out of the eight league meetings since that loss (D2).

The Reds come into this game on the back of a 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, extending their unbeaten record in the league to 21 games (W14, D7).

Even though Liverpool were far from their best in that match and failed to register a shot in one half of a Premier League game at Anfield for the first time on record, the Reds still did enough to claim their 18th league win of the season.

Arne Slot’s men will now look to win number 19 at Villa Park, where they have picked up 43 wins.

Liverpool have more victories (43) and scored more goals (160) across all competitions at Villa Park than any other outside of Anfield.

Slot has named the team that will take on Unai Emery’s side.

Joe Gomez, Cody Gakpo, and Tyler Morton will miss the tie through injuries.

Confirmed Liverpool XI vs Aston Villa

Alisson: Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jones, Jota.

Subs: Kelleher, Elliott, Bradley, Endo, Diaz, Chiesa, Tsimikas, Quansah, Nunez

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