Aston Villa switch to a 4-3-3 formation with Youri Tielemans back from injury.

Unai Emery’s move to a five-man defence didn’t pay off in Greece so it’s a case of Ollie Watkins flanked by Leon Bailey and Moussa Diaby in attack.

Matty Cash is the man to make way.

Andrew Robertson sits this one out having missed training at the back end of last week with an injury issue.

Joe Gomez starts while Harvey Elliott and Cody Gakpo retain their places in the XI having scored against Tottenham, meaning Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai are on the bench.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, McGinn, Luiz; Bailey, Watkins, Diaby

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Lenglet, Zaniolo, Duran, Kesler-Hayden, Iroegbunam, Munroe, Kellyman

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez; Elliott, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Jones, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Bajcetic, Bradley

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks is backing his boys in claret and blue tonight.

A huge game for Villa and their most famous fan (sorry, Prince William) is in situ for every kick!

Ollie Watkins’ hat-trick against the then-defending champions was perhaps the most remarkable result of the Covid era.

It helped send Liverpool into a huge downward spiral that season and they went on to finish third.

Villa have not beaten Liverpool since their famous 7-2 thrashing on home soil in 2020.

Aston Villa wins: 59

Draws: 41

Liverpool wins: 102

Team news due out in a little while and Aston Villa have a handful of players they’re monitoring.

“Each day is going to be very important because some players are with a small injury, having pain and there’s not a date when they will come back,” manager Unai Emery said at the end of last week.

“Like [Nicolo] Zaniolo, he’s close but until he’s feeling comfortable with his pain then he’s not available to play. Hopefully, he can progress.

“[Youri] Tielemans is close; Alex Moreno has a small injury and he needs some days, maybe he could be available.”

Claret and blue flags have been set up around the ground for home fans to wave ahead of kick-off tonight as Aston Villa look to put on a spectacle for their last home game of the season.

Jurgen Klopp has mixed feelings about Villa Park as he returns for the final time as Liverpool manager.

The ground witnessed a crucial moment in their title-winning season when Andy Robertson and Sadio Mane scored in the final three minutes to snatch a 2-1 win in November 2018 which extended their unbeaten start to that campaign and felt hugely significant.

However, the following season they returned as champions and were incredibly thumped 7-2.

Asked about his memories of Villa Park Klopp said: “You talk about that game (the 2-1 win). We had another night at Aston Villa…

“True, it was a really special game when we won 2-1. At half-time we had a little situation in the dressing room – a little argument between two players but you will not get the names from me (Robertson has previously admitted it was him and Mane) – and then we could calm it down and turned the game around, which was really special.

“That’s when you go for absolutely everything, when everything is on the edge and these kinds of things can happen as long as you settle as quick as possible.

“That was a very important one, a great feeling after the game absolutely.

“This group of players was really special. It meant so much and things can happen when you work together for a long time especially, that’s normal.”