We said: Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
Villa need no lessons in carving their way through the Liverpool high line, and the Lions' recent upturn in form and numerous ex-Reds aiming to get one over their former club could make this a banana skin for Klopp's side.
The Reds boss is likely to tinker with his side ahead of the weekend's FA Cup final but will be aware that any more dropped points effectively ends their Premier League title hopes, and we have faith in Liverpool to eke out a narrow win against a Villa side whose defence is still far from watertight.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 68.58%. A draw had a probability of 17.7% and a win for Aston Villa had a probability of 13.71%.
The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 0-2 with a probability of 9.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.65%) and 0-1 (8.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.13%), while for an Aston Villa win it was 2-1 (3.93%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Liverpool in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Liverpool.