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Liverpool FC will look to continue their recent revival with a victory over struggling Villa on Saturday.

The Reds are looking to build on an unbeaten Christmas and New Year when they travel to Villa Park, which has proven to be a happy hunting ground for the Reds in recent years.

Liverpool have won their last three games at the home of Aston Villa, and will hope to extend that streak to four with a win over Paul Lambert's strugglers.

Lambert's men have scored just once in their last seven games and sit 13th in the table.

The ECHO spoke to Villa season ticket holder Joel Sheldon to get his views on the game.

Aston Villa triumphed at Anfield back in September, but since then they have slid down the table. With just one goal in seven games scored by Villa, what is the mood amongst the fans?

Things are getting a bit toxic. Three games over the Christmas period that have contributed to that were the matches at home against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Blackpool in the FA Cup. The games came in quick succession and were basically an action replay of each other: lots of possession and very little to show for it. On the back of that an away defeat to Leicester, where we could easily have been beaten far more handsomely than the 1-0 result, means fans are at the end of their tether with the current regime.

Some popular fan websites that have decent online followings are trying to organise an in-game protest, asking fans to leave the seats of the Holte End empty for the first 8 minutes of the game against Liverpool, but how many will take part remains to be seen.

Are the Villa faithful still behind Paul Lambert? How will Villa set up against the Reds?

There are still fans that have sympathy with Lambert, and there is no doubt he has a tough job on his hands, but he isn’t helping himself at the moment. They have adopted a new style in recent weeks and the directive from the manager seems to be that consolidating possession is the number one concern, lots of sideways and backwards passing between the defence and midfield. This has meant we haven’t shipped many goals lately and the defence have looked solid, until last weekend at the King Power Stadium, but it has left to us looking even less likely to score than we did at times earlier in the season.

The problem with playing this way is it renders our most potent threats in Benteke’s aerial ability and hold-up play and Agbonlahor’s pace on the break obsolete. This is a drastic change of style from the manager who used to set us up to counter attack, and one that doesn't seem to suit the strengths of the team, so questions are naturally being asked.

Carlos Gil has come in from Valencia this week. What have fans made of his signing? Will he play against Liverpool?

I don’t think anyone knows too much about him to be honest. He’s obviously an attacking player and the hope will be that he can add some much needed creativity to the side. He played with Carlos Sanchez at Elche for a couple of seasons and he’s been a good signing for us this summer, so there is a small amount of encouragement to be taken from that.

My gut is telling me he’ll be given time to adapt before being asked to shoulder the hefty responsibility of rectifying our creative issues, so it may be he has to settle for a place on the bench on Saturday.

What have you made of Liverpool this season? Which players are you most fearful about?

They’re getting there now, aren’t they? Brendan Rodgers has made a few adjustments and they’re looking like a side that will be in and around the European spots come the end of the season, which is kind of where you’d expect them to be after losing Suarez and going through a summer of transition with so many players coming in.

Markovic seems to have found his feet, he had a good game last week and will be a big threat. Our full backs aren't the quickest so if he and Sterling (who I assume is back from his holidays with Rihanna?) get in behind them early it could be a long old afternoon for us. Despite Balotelli’s woes he loves scoring against Villa, I think he has 6 goals in 5 games against us, So I’ll be wary of him should he play.

Prediction time - what's the score going to be on Saturday?

It’s going to be a tough one for our lads. I'm not sure how popular the protest will be, I for one will be in my seat in the Holte End at kick-off, and if Liverpool start to run riot the boo-boys will have their say.

It will be interesting to see how our new possession-first style works against one of the better sides. I think the high-pressing game of Rodgers’ men will ultimately undo us and lead to mistakes in possession, meaning the crowd will get on the manager’s back. If that happens I think it could be another uncomfortable afternoon at Villa Park, with another “0” in the goals scored column and Liverpool will be taking the 3 points back to Merseyside.