Two teams with contrasting starts to the new Premier League campaign go head to head this Saturday with Aston Villa welcoming Everton to Villa Park for what will be an entertain clash with kickoff at 19:30.
It’s a no doubt that Villa have been struggling and have seen a drop at the start of the new Premier League campaign as they have only managed to register one win in their opening four matches and they currently sit in the 12th spot with four points. This record is very contrasting to that of last season’s as a year ago Aston Villa were number two in the league standings with nine points.
Villa head into the clash off the back of a condemning 3-0 defeat to Chelsea at the Bridge with Romelu Lukaku getting on the scoresheet twice for the Blues breaking his record of being goalless 14 matches at Stamford Bridge.
Villa will now be looking to bounce back when they host Everton at Villa Park where they have managed to maintain a good form as they have not lost in any of their last five home matches with a four-match unbeaten run in the league. However, they can only boast two clean sheets from their last 16 Premier League games meaning they will be in trouble with the visit of Benitez’s rampant attacking forces.
Meanwhile, Everton have had an impressive and strong start to new Premier League campaign under the new controversial management of Rafa Benitez. The Ex-Liverpool boss has endeared himself to the Everton faithful in the perfect way after previous hostility towards his appointment as he has now seen his new team maintain an unbeaten run with a single draw in their opening four matches and his side have now taken 10 points to keep pace with Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool in the top four.
The Toffees head into the match off the back of a three-match winning streak including the 3-1 victory over Burnley last Monday where Everton were totally impressive with Andros Townsend, Michael Keane and the new guy Demrai Gray scoring for Benitez’s side.
Everton’s attacking force has been one of the most impressive ones as they scored at least two goals in each of their four matches in the Premier League and they currently boast in a total of 10 goals, a tally only Manchester United and Man City have bettered so far. Therefore, there is no doubt that we will see goals from this away team and the bookies see them as the favorites for the mouthwatering clash.
Aston Villa vs Everton head to head
Both sides have met in 51 encounters since 1993 with Aston Villa taking the upper hand with 19 victories while Everton have claimed 13 victories and there have been 19 draws as well.
- Aston Villa 0-0 Everton 13/05/21
- Everton 1-2 Aston Villa 01/05/21
- Everton 1-1 Aston Villa 16/07/20
- Aston Villa 2-0 Everton 23/08/19
- Aston Villa 1-3 Everton 01/03/16
Home
- Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa
- Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford
- Barrow AFC 0-6 Aston Villa
- Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle
- Watford 3-2 Aston Villa
Away
- Everton 3-1 Burnley
- Brighton 0-2 Everton
- Huddersfield 1-2 Everton
- Leeds 2-2 Everton
- Everton 3-1 Southampton
Aston Villa team news
Aston Villa will be without Trezeguet, Keinana Davis, Jaden Philogene-Bidace and Carney Chukwuemeka through injuries while Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia are listed as doubts.
Everton team news
Everton will be without Calvert-Lewin who is nursing a thigh injury and Fabian Delph who has a shoulder problem.
Prediction and odds
- Everton win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
