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At Antfield, Aston Villa defeated Liverpool in September and will feel emancipate at the last week victory over Tottenham Hotspurs. Liverpool, nevertheless, who stands 25 above their competitors in the Premier League table and are edging back into have and have hooked up the last six of seven FA cups ties between these clubs. In 1897, Villa's achievement came in the semi final. Daniel Sturridge fitness and the Steven Gerrard's availability pose selection dilemmas for Brendan Rodgers. The match kicks off at Sunday 3 pm at Wembley Stadium. The spotlight will be steadily fixed on Gerrard when there will be the clash between Liverpool and Aston Villa.
Key stats
* In FA Cup semi final, Liverpool and Villa have met on three former occasions. With the Liverpool gettimg the victory in 1897 and Liverpool in 1914 and 1996.
* Villa's most recent FA Cup jubilation back in 1957 and was the competion record seventh victory.
* This will be the Liverpool's 24th appearance in the FA Cup semi final- only Arsenal, Manchester United and Everton have played in more.
* They got defeated only one time of their nine semi finals.
* In FA Cup the seven times winners last appearance was in 2012 when they get defeated to Chelsea by 2-1, and they last won it in 2006.
Liverpool
Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard will be welcomed back by Liverpool from suspension. The big doubt will be the fitness of Daniel Sturridge suffering from hip problem and also could miss Balotelli due to injury. Mamadou Sakho and Adam Lallana are certain absentees.
After getting defeated to Manchester United and Arsenal which have severely clinch back their chances of Champions League next season, Liverpool have got back on track with a win against the Newcastle. They are now nevertheless four points off because of Manchester City poor form so there will be some hope of finishing this season on a major high.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa had really wrought hard to get to the Semi Final and Tim Sherwood will look to set up his crew members to make it difficult. Villa currently have lots of injury problems with Agbonlahor possibly missing with a cripple injury and the injury and the likes of Sinclair and Hutton all close to returning but it could be too late. Benteke will be the main intimidation in attack.
In this season the Red's run has started with a strong win against the competitor Wimbeldon, draw against the Blackburn and Bolton which has to go to replays either side of win against the competitor Crystal Palace in the fifth round.
The squad have came face to face twice in league and both looked to favour the opposite ground in recent times.
Tim Sherwood said that "The livelihood of the club and relegation are not at stake on Sunday, it's about us maybe getting some glory. We have to impose ourselves on a very good Liverpool side and that's what we intend to do. We think we've got a good blend, we've got a plan and we hope we can affect Liverpool."
Brendan Rodgers told that "You will always be judged on trophies at Liverpool but Swansea's play-off final win at Wembley will always be biggest game of my career. Steven (Gerrard) has produced big moments in big games. The most important thing is having him back. He knows Wembley very well. I like Tim. He's very passionate. He's one of the British coaches who have to work harder to prove our level and he's doing that. At home against them we've been caught on the counter attack. Away from home it's been totally different."
Aston Villa’s First Line ups against Liverpool:
R Vlaar (captain), Brad Guzan, Leandro Bacuna, Philippe Senderos, A Weimann, F Delph (vice-captain), C Benteke, Kieran Richardson, Alan Hutton, Libor Kozak, C Sanchez, J Donacien.
Liverpool’s First Line ups against Aston Villa:
KoloToure, B Jones, J Enrique, P Coutinho, Steven Gerrard (captain), Rickie Lambert, J Manquillo, J Henderson (vice-captain),Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling.L Markovic,
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