Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Aston Villa's Premier League clash with Liverpool from Villa Park. This is part two of an epic day of rip-roaring action, and with both sides struggling for any form of consistency, we are in for another thriller! Liverpool are looking for their fifth straight win on this ground, but they are without a win in five in all competitions. Villa have not secured back-to-back successes all season. Which way will it go??? I'm Pete Hall (@Petehall86), and I will be bringing you the action, as it happens, live!
Premier League / Matchday 26
Villa Park / 14.02.2016
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Updated 14/02/2016 at 16:05 GMT
13:58
In other news...
13:57
Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games at Villa Park (W2 D2 L0) - they haven't gone five unbeaten at home in the competition since January 1st 2015. Miracle escape on???
13:55
Liverpool have been leading at half-time in just three of their 25 Premier League games this season; a joint-league-low alongside Sunderland.
13:52
Daniel Sturridge has scored four goals in three Barclays Premier League appearances for Liverpool against Aston Villa. Since joining the club on January 2, 2013, Sturridge has only played one more game (60) than he's missed (59) for Liverpool in the Premier League.
13:50
STAT ATTACK: The Reds have won four of the last six Premier League meetings with Aston Villa and their last four visits to Villa Park. In fact, Liverpool have won 11 and lost just one of their last 17 Premier League visits to Villa Park.
13:40
A sinking giant. It is sad to see such a top flight stalwart in peril, and Aston Villa's decline doesn't look like it will turn around any time soon. Lack of investment and backroom instability has not helped matters, but the Midlands giant's performances on the pitch have been nothing short of abysmal. Villa sit eight points from safety with 13 games remaining, with just three wins to date.
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13:28
It has been an eventful week on the Red half of Merseyside, but sometimes perseverance pays off.
13:21
Elsewhere, Leicester are winning again! Arsenal the latest victims, but Danny Simpson's red card means the Foxes will have to hold out with 10 men. Follow all the action right here:
13:18
Remi Garde makes no changes to the team that beat Norwich City last weekend. Jordan Ayew remains suspended after his red card against West Ham and Jack Grealish has been ruled out with an ankle problem. Hamstring injuries keep both Rudy Gestede and Carlos Sanchez in the treatment room.
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13:17
How very official!
13:08
*STURRIDGE STARTS KLAXON* The rarely spotted Daniel Sturridge is back. Good news for England and Liverpool. The 26-year-old has not started for the Reds since December, and has been named in the starting XI only three games all season. However, he got an hour's action under his belt in the FA Cup replay defeat at West Ham in midweek, and will be hoping to replicate his exploits from the reverse fixture at Anfield, where he scored twice in a 3-2 win for Liverpool.
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13:07
TEAM NEWS! ASTON VILLA: Bunn; Richards, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho; Westwood, Gana; Bacuna, Veretout, Gil; Agbonlahor... Subs: Guzan, Clark, Sinclair, Richardson, Hutton, Lyden, Davis. /// LIVERPOOL: Mignolet, Clyne, Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Milner, Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge... Subs: Ward, Benteke, Caulker, Origi, Ibe, Stewart, Flanagan.
13:03
The teams are in...