Anfield hosts a prime-time clash as the champions try to stop a slide against an in-form Aston Villa. Below: exact kick-off, legal broadcast options across major regions, verified team news, consensus probable XIs, and the sharpest pre-match stats.
Key info
- Competition: Premier League (2025/26)
- Date: Saturday, 1 November 2025
- Kick-off: 20:00 GMT (16:00 ET / 13:00 PT)
- Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
- Referee / VAR: Stuart Attwell / Paul Tierney
How to watch — by country
- United Kingdom: TNT Sports (live), streaming on discovery+.
- United States: NBC Sports platforms; stream commonly on Peacock.
- France: CANAL+.
- Australia: Stan Sport.
- Canada: Fubo.
- Brazil: ESPN (Disney platforms).
- Mexico: TNT Sports México with Tubi carrying a share.
- Argentina (South America): ESPN (Disney).
- Malaysia: Astro.
- Indonesia: EMTEK group (Vidio/SCTV).
Team news & probable lineups
Liverpool (4-2-3-1, probable)
Mamardashvili; Joe Gomez, Konaté, Van Dijk, Milos Kerkez; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo; Hugo Ekitike. Unavailable/doubts: Alisson, Frimpong, Leoni out; Gravenberch late decision; Isak and Curtis Jones unlikely.
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1, probable)
Emiliano Martínez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne; Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana; Evann Guessand, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn; Ollie Watkins.
Alternates: Leon Bailey could start wide right; Tielemans out; Buendía long-term.
Head-to-head & form (quick read)
- At Anfield: Liverpool have won 6 of the last 7 league meetings with Villa at home (the other a draw).
- Overall: Villa have 1 win in 15 PL meetings vs Liverpool since 2016 — the 7–2 at Villa Park in October 2020.
- Current streaks: Liverpool seek to avoid a fifth straight league defeat; Villa arrive on four straight PL wins.
Key pre-match stats
- Home edge returning: Liverpool have taken 6 of the last 7 league meetings with Villa at Anfield (after D2 L2 in the four prior).
- Villa’s rare scalp: Just 1 win in 15 PL clashes with Liverpool for Villa (D3 L11), the exception being 7–2 in 2020.
- Streak watch: No team has a longer PL losing run than Liverpool (4) or a longer winning run than Villa (4). Villa could emulate Preston 1936/37 by going winless in the first five, then winning five straight.
- History warning: Only once has a reigning PL champion lost five in a row (Leicester 2016/17); in English top-flight history it’s happened seven times, with Liverpool accounting for three of those long-ago instances.
- Giant-killer shot: After beating Man City 1–0, Villa can be the first since Leicester 2016 to beat City and Liverpool back-to-back.
- Salah milestone: Mohamed Salah is on 275 PL goal contributions for Liverpool (187G + 88A), one shy of Wayne Rooney’s 276 for a single club.
- From range: Only Bournemouth (6) have more goals from outside the box than Villa (5); Matty Cash has two and is among four players with 2+ from distance this season.
- Form players: Dominik Szoboszlai made 12 tackles in October (2+ in each appearance). Salah has 8 goal involvements in his last 6 league games vs Villa (4G, 4A), and Matty Cash has 2 goals in 5 league games, taking at least one shot in all five.