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Arne Slot has had a historic start to his Liverpool career as Head Coach with sixteen games played, fourteen wins, one loss, and one draw. The best start for any manager in their first season in Premier League history, besting Jose Mourinho and his stint with Chelsea. Liverpool currently are currently boasting a twelve game undefeated streak, and in that period only drawing once and winning eleven games. Their last loss in all competitions was September 14th, against Nottingham Forest who currently sit 3rd in the Premier League table, the real surprise packacge of the season.
Unai Emry has also started very well, in a season where many assumed Aston Villa may struggle with being back in the UEFA Champions League, it has been quite the opposite. Emry’s side have only lost one game in their European campaign, their most recent, and before this week sat atop the league table in the competition. Similarly in the Premier League they have only lost one of their last five league games, their most recent. They currently sit in 6th position.
Liverpool are currently without Alisson Becker(Hamstring), Harvey Elliott(Foot), Diogo Jota(Ribs), and Federico Chiesa(Muscle) for this weekend’s fixture.
Aston Villa are currently without Matty Cash(Calf), and Ross Barkley(Muscle) for this weekend’s fixture.
GK: Caoimhin Kelleher – Kelleher has continued his excellent stint of games in the absence of Alisson Becker, with a magnificent double save midweek against Bayer Leverkusen to keep the clean sheet alive, having not had much to do most of the game. He will need to be ready and able for this fixture with the likes of Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers, and Jhon Durán always looking to spoil a clean sheet.
RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold – Trent has been frustrating the last number of …
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