Saturday afternoon’s Premier League action concludes at Anfield where Liverpool host Aston Villa.

The Reds are in fifth place after beating Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur either side of their defeat at Manchester City.

Daniel Sturridge will miss the game after picking up an injury in training with England, while Emre Can, Martin Skrtel and Glen Johnson are all doubtful though Jon Flanagan should be fit in time to feature.

Recent signing Mario Balotelli is favourite to open the scoring at 4.75 (15/4) with Bet 365, with fellow new boy Rickie Lambert a 5.5 (9/2) shot with Coral.

The home win is best priced with Bet Victor at 1.33 (3/10), with Villa as highly priced as the 13.0 (12/1) chance with William Hill. The draw is a 6.0 (5/1) chance with Bet 365.

The visitors are two places above Liverpool after taking seven points from their opening three games by beating Stoke City and Hull City, as well as drawing 0-0 with Newcastle United.

Ron Vlaar should have recovered form a calf injury in time to be considered for selection though strike duo Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak remain side-lined.

Andreas Weimann is 17.0 (16/1) to get the first goal of the game with Bet 365 with Gabriel Agbonlahor, fresh from penning a new four-year contract with the Midlands club, available at the same price with the same firm.

Last season’s meeting between the sides on Merseyside ended in a 2-2 draw, with the Reds coming from two goals down to salvage a point in January, while Brendan Rodgers’ men secured a narrow away victory in the reverse fixture at Villa Park last August.

Both teams have scored in four of the past fixtures involving both sides, so you may be tempted to back that outcome this time around 2.07 (15/14) with 888 Sport.

Alternatively, the same firm offer 1.35 (6/17) for the hosts to score at least twice, as they have in all but one of their last seventeen league matches in front of their own fans, with four or more goals in total a 2.43 (10/7) chance.