ON Saturday Liverpool away to Aston Villa newly promoted side, no game is easy in the premiership. After a tough battle against Tottenham at Anfield we need to continue with the momentum. This is going to be a tough game also. My prediction: Aston Villa 1:3 Liverpool. Other fixtures and predictions: Saturday 2nd November 2019 Bournemouth V Man Utd 1:2 Arsenal V Wolves 2:1 Aston Villa V Liverpool 1:3 Brighton V Norwich 2:1 Man City V Southampton 3:0 Sheff Utd V Burnley 2:2 West Ham V Newcastle 2:1 Watford V Chelsea 0:2 Sunday 3rd November Crystal Palace V Leicester City Everton V Tottenham Hotspur
WHAT DOES CHARLIE NICHOLAS THINK? HE HAS GONE FOR AWAY WIN 1:3 It is a cracking Saturday full of entertaining games. Liverpool have been getting over the line, which doesn't win you titles quite yet, but it does later down the line. There is something quite weird abut Aston Villa - they are good going forward, but their weakness lies at the back. What's Liverpool's best midfield? Carra on Liverpool, Xhaka, Rashford, Lampard Liverpool have so many fantastic players, especially the front three. If one is off, it is no major disruption, but the midfield you can get at, hence why Jurgen Klopp changes it. When the full-backs are up and Liverpool play the high-press, they will win as nobody can get out. Villa do not like to be overly cautious or tactical - they want John McGinn and Jack Grealish on the ball, with the energy and drive to find the gaps that Liverpool will leave open. t could be Trezeguet who could hurt Liverpool, especially in these wide areas. Everybody has seen with Trent Alexander-Arnold that he is unbelievable going forward but can leave gaps at the back, so how do you expose it? It is the wide areas where Liverpool can win and lose games, and this area could be damaging for Villa, who will try and play. This will suit Liverpool and they will pick them off. CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-3 ()
LAWRO HAS GONE FOR AWAY WIN TOO; Aston Villa v Liverpool Villa played all right against Manchester City last week, but still ended up being beaten 3-0. I just have a feeling we might be saying similar things about their performance against Liverpool after the final whistle on Saturday, and with a similar outcome too. If Jack Grealish is back from a calf injury then that will help Dean Smith's side, but as Liverpool have shown against Manchester United and Tottenham in recent weeks, they are a difficult side to see off. Grealish found it tough to make an attacking impact against Manchester City last weekend, and it could be the same story here. But he has gone from being someone with lots of promise to actually being a top player. He has matured too and I am not surprised there is lots of talk about him getting an England call-up. I only see a Liverpool win on Saturday, though. The Reds deserved their victory over Tottenham last weekend, and it almost felt inevitable even when they were behind. They wore Spurs down in the end, and they just seem to have this belief that they can come from any situation and rescue a result. Lawro's prediction: 0-2
