Venue: Villa Park
Date: 24/08/13
Kick-Off: 17:30
CHRISTIAN Benteke continued where he left off last season with two goals in Villa’s stunning 3-1 win over Arsenal on the opening weekend.
Benteke’s five shots at goal against Arsenal was the most by an away team player in the last round of games.
Last season he hit 19 Premier League goals, finishing fourth in the race for the golden boot.
Most impressively, he had the best shots on target percentage of the Premier League’s top ten goal scorers with 69.5% of this efforts troubling the goalkeeper.
His closest rival among the top ten goal scorers is Romelu Lukaku who hit 65.11% on target, while golden boot winner Robin van Persie got just 59.1% on target. Benteke is 33/20 to score at any time and 22/5 to score first with 888sport.com
Fabian Delph impressed with the ball at his feet, completing 6 dribbles against Arsenal, the highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.
Ron Vlaar was the Premier League’s cleanest tackler last season, averaging eleven tackles attempted for every foul conceded, the best in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.
Daniel Sturridge welcomed in the new Premier League season with its first goal, scoring the winner in Liverpool’s game against Stoke last weekend. That goal was one of six shots at goal by Sturridge in the game, a total bettered only by Edin Dzeko in the first round of fixtures.
Steve Gerrard showed there’s no sign of him losing quality or drive as the 33 year completed more passes in the opposition half than any other player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index with 55.
Jordan Henderson has had his critics since joining Liverpool, but the midfielder looked like he is finding his feet in the game against Stoke. Henderson had three shots on target, only Frank Lampard had more among the Premier League’s midfielders.
Simon Mignolet capped his Liverpool debut with a clean sheet, making five saves along the way, the third highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Liverpool are 5/2 with 888sport.com to win without conceding a goal.
Lucas Leiva won 8 tackles against Stoke, second only to his opponent last weekend Steven Nzoni, who won 9 in what was a fiercely contested match.
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Liverpool should pay close attention to Benteke , Gabby Agbonlahor and Andi Weimann . Looking forward to Liverpool win .Hope Mignolet will keep clean sheet.
Liverpool better watch out for benteke agbonlahor and Luna Liverpool win coutinho and aspas with goals.mignolet with clean sheet COME THE Reds!!!
The defence line has a lot of work to do today and I trust liverpool will great
Benteke most be stop this time around if liverpool want to take the maximum piont from this contest.up liverpoolfc! U’ll Never walk Alone.
Show no fear, show no mersey. Take every chances. If possible make every chances into goals. Let the Red Rampage begin..! YNWA..
Forget about the past records and stats. Make a new one in our favour.
Well done lads. Keep up the good work. Now please remain consistent and tight at the back. YNWA .
2 down, 36 to go! 6 points out of 6. Now forget about the Stoke and Villa game and concentrate on MU match. One game at a time.