Aston Villa beat Liverpool 4-2 as O. Watkins scores twice

Match report

Liverpool were beaten 4-2 by Aston Villa at Villa Park on Friday, 15 May 2026 in Premier League matchday 37. M. Rogers (42'), O. Watkins (57', 73') and J. McGinn (89') scored for Aston Villa, while V. van Dijk (52', 90') found the net for Liverpool. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Aston Villa had 45% of the ball and 14 shots (9 on target) against Liverpool’s 16 (5 on target). Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Aston Villa 16th in the Premier League table on 4 points and Liverpool 6th on 9.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Aston Villa

16th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Liverpool

6th · 9 points · P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
5	Leeds	5	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	+3	9
7	Everton	5	+3	9
15	Crystal Palace	5	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	-5	4
17	Bournemouth	5	-2	3

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Wed, 30 Dec 2026, Aston Villa – Liverpool

Full Aston Villa vs Liverpool head-to-head

Match events

39'yellow cardMatty CashYellow Card
42'goalM. RogersAssist: L. Digne
45+3'yellow cardOllie WatkinsYellow Card
46'substitutionV. LindelofOff: R. Barkley
52'goalV. van DijkAssist: D. Szoboszlai
57'goalO. WatkinsAssist: M. Rogers
62'yellow cardJoe GomezYellow Card
66'yellow cardJohn McGinnYellow Card
66'substitutionJ. GomezOff: F. Chiesa
66'substitutionR. GravenberchOff: F. Wirtz
73'goalO. WatkinsNormal Goal
74'substitutionC. GakpoOff: M. Salah
85'substitutionE. BuendiaOff: I. Maatsen
89'goalJ. McGinnAssist: O. Watkins
90'substitutionY. TielemansOff: Douglas Luiz
90'substitutionJ. McGinnOff: J. Sancho
90'goalV. van DijkAssist: D. Szoboszlai

Lineups

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Unai Emery

Starting XI

Substitutes

Liverpool

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Arne Slot

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

45%Possession55%
1.91Expected goals (xG)1.55
14Total shots16
9Shots on target5
2Shots off target8
3Blocked shots3
9Shots inside the box10
5Shots outside the box6
4Corners9
2Offsides3
12Fouls9
3Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves5
360Passes430
297Accurate passes372
83%Pass accuracy87%
-1.25Goals prevented-1.25

Player statistics

Aston Villa

Aston Villa player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
23Emiliano MartínezG	90	6.9				46 · 67%			2/2
2Matty CashD	90	6.2				37 · 84%	1	2	3/8
4Ezri KonsaD	90	6.9				44 · 95%			3/3
12Lucas DigneD	90	6.9		1		25 · 80%	1	1	4/6
14Pau TorresD	90	6.6			1 (1)	37 · 89%		1	1/2
3Victor LindelöfM	45	6.3				17 · 94%			0/2
7John McGinnM	89	7.7	1		1 (1)	22 · 91%		1	3/6
8Youri TielemansM	89	7.2			1 (1)	39 · 82%	1	2	5/7
10Emiliano BuendíaM	85	6.7			1 (0)	17 · 65%	2	1	6/15
27Morgan RogersM	90	8.2	1	1	1 (1)	31 · 68%	4	2	3/8
11Ollie WatkinsFTop rated	90	8.3	2	1	6 (5)	16 · 81%	1		1/4
40Marco BizotG	–	–
16Andrés GarcíaD	–	–
22Ian MaatsenD	14	6.3							2/5
6Ross BarkleyM	45	6.7				22 · 95%		1	3/7
21Douglas LuizM	9	6.5				2 · 100%			0/1
26Lamare BogardeM	–	–
18Tammy AbrahamF	–	–
19Jadon SanchoF	9	6.6				5 · 80%			1/1
31Leon BaileyF	–	–

Liverpool

Liverpool player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Giorgi MamardashviliG	90	7.3				19 · 74%			0/1
2Joe GomezD	66	5.9			2 (0)	31 · 87%			1/4
4Virgil van DijkD	90	8.3	2		2 (2)	67 · 84%			6/9
5Ibrahima KonatéD	90	6.2				52 · 88%			5/6
6Miloš KerkezD	90	5.9				30 · 90%	1		4/4
8Dominik SzoboszlaiM	90	6.3		2	1 (1)	35 · 86%	6		1/10
10Alexis Mac AllisterM	90	6.5			1 (0)	53 · 87%	2	2	3/6
17Curtis JonesM	90	6.9			1 (0)	64 · 94%	1	3	7/9
38Ryan GravenberchM	66	6.3			1 (1)	23 · 87%	1	1	3/5
73Rio NgumohaM	90	6.7			2 (0)	16 · 94%	2	1	5/11
18Cody GakpoF	74	6.3			2 (0)	7 · 86%			2/5
28Freddie WoodmanG	–	–
26Andy RobertsonD	–	–
75Mor Talla NdiayeD	–	–
7Florian WirtzM	24	6.3				12 · 75%		1	2/5
42Trey NyoniM	–	–
53James McConnellM	–	–
11Mohamed SalahF	16	6.7				15 · 80%
14Federico ChiesaF	24	6.7			1 (1)	6 · 67%			1/2
79Will WrightF	–	–