Aston Villa will have several players unavailable to face Liverpool when they meet in the Premier League.

Villa go into the game on Saturday night on the back of a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in the Premier League last weekend, which moved them up to eighth place in the overall standings.

A victory at Anfield on Saturday night would, meanwhile, see Villa leapfrog the reigning champions, who are now seventh in the table.

Unai Emery has been forced to deal with several players on the side-lines for Villa throughout the campaign, and that will be no different when they travel to Merseyside to take on Liverpool. One player who is guaranteed to be unavailable is Harvey Elliott.

Villa signed Elliott - from Liverpool - during the summer transfer window on a loan deal with an obligation to buy. That buy clause will become active if Elliott makes a certain number of appearances, but the playmaker will not be available to face his parent club due to the Premier...