Aston Villa vs Liverpool - Carabao Cup 2019/20: Live score and updates
17 Dec 2019
Daily Mail

Aston Villa will be looking to take advantage of a Liverpool team battling on two fronts when they host the Premier League leaders at Villa Park in their Carabao Cup quarter-final. Follow live here.

- Conor Hourihane's free-kick turned home by faint Jonathan Kodija touch
- Ahmed Elmohamady's deflected cross doubled Villa's lead three minutes later
- Jonathan Kodjia scored twice late in the half to seal his hat-trick
- Aston Villa starting XI: Nyland, Elmohamady, Chester, Konsa, Taylor, Lansbury, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane, Jota, Kodjia, Trezeguet
- Aston Villa subs: McGinn, Wesley, Grealish, El Ghazi, Guilbert, Kalinic, Hause
- Liverpool starting XI: Kelleher, Hoever, van den Berg, Boyes, Gallacher, Kane, Chirivella, Christie-Davies, Elliott, Hill, Longstaff
- Liverpool subs: Clarkson, Norris, Winterbottom, Dixon-Bonner, Clayton, Bearne, Stewart
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By Dan Ripley for MailOnline
Published: 17:54 GMT, 17 December 2019 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 17 December 2019
Aston Villa will be looking to take advantage of a Liverpool team battling on two fronts when they host the Premier League leaders at Villa Park in their Carabao Cup quarter-final.
Much of Liverpool's first-team including manager Jurgen Klopp are in Qatar looking to win the Club World Cup, leaving behind only an inexperienced team managed by Neil Critchley to face the West Midlands side.
Follow all the action from the first of this week's quarter-finals with Sportsmail's DAN RIPLEY for the 7.45pm GMT kick-off.