Aston Villa and Liverpool will go head to head in the FA Cup Semifinal game today at Wembley Stadium.
Kickoff: 15:00 BST
Date: Sunday, 19-April-2015
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Possible Line-ups:
Team News:
Aston Villa
- Villa boss Tim Sherwood has a lot to concern about as nine players could miss this clash.
- Ciaran Clark and Chris Herd are both out with injuries.
- Carlos Sánchez is suspended for this game.
- Libor Kozák is not fully fit for this game.
- Star striker Gabriel Agbonlahor is likely to return to squad after recovering from injury.
- Trio defenders Philippe Senderos, Aly Cissokho and Alan Hutton all are doubtful for this clash.
- Goalkeeper Shay Given will continue to play in FA Cup.
- Boss Brendan Rodgers will welcome back skipper Steven Gerrard and centre-back Martin Skrtel from suspension. However, Gerrard is likely to start from the bench.
- Duo Englishman Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge both are doubtful for this game.
- Youngster Jordon Ibe is cup tied which might bring Lazar Markovic inplace of him.
Stats:
- This will be the first ever meeting between these two sides in a FA Cup game.
- Liverpool have conceded only four goals in their last nine FA Cup games.
- Liverpool have kept clean sheets in five of their last seven away games against Aston Villa.
- Aston Villa have won only one of their last five games against Liverpool.
- Aston Villa have won six of their last nine FA Cup games.
Prediction:
Aston Villa 1 – 3 Liverpool, Philippe Coutinho on the scoresheet.
The winner will face Arsenal who beat Reading yesterday by two goals to one in extra time.
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