[Pre-Match Thread] Aston Villa vs. Everton

Aston Villa vs. Everton

Competition: Premier League – Round 4

Date: Sat 14 Sep 2024

Kickoff: 17:30

Venue: Villa Park

Referee: Craig Pawson

Aston Villa Premier League Statistics

Form: WLW

Goals per match: 1.3

Average Possession: 43.2%

Goals conceded per match: 1.3

Pass Accuracy: 83%

Shots per game: 12

Tackles per game: 21

Dribbles per game: 10.7

Everton Premier League Statistics

Form: LLL

Goals per match: 0.7

Average Possession: 38.2%

Goals conceded per match: 3.3

Pass Accuracy: 77.5%

Shots per game: 13.3

Tackles per game: 23.3

Dribbles per game: 9

Aston Villa Team News

• Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins is available after returning early from international duty due to fitness concerns.

• Ezri Konsa will also be included in the matchday squad after he sustained a suspected ankle injury during England's win against Finland but Matty Cash remains out.

• Long-term absentees Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara are stepping up their respective recoveries but Saturday’s clash against the Toffees is set to come to soon.

Everton Team News

• Everton manager Sean Dyche says that captain Seamus Coleman is "touch and go" to feature after he was forced off during the Republic of Ireland's defeat against England last weekend.

• Jarrad Branthwaite and Nathan Patterson have returned to full training, while Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti are still sidelined by injury.

Match Facts

• This is the most played fixture in English league history. Aston Villa have won 80 games to Everton's 76, while 56 have been drawn.

• Villa are unbeaten in all 10 Premier League games versus Everton since returning to the top flight in 2019, winning seven and drawing three.

• Everton have won just four times in their 29 Premier League visits to Villa Park.

• The last Toffees player to score a league goal at Villa Park was Romelu Lukaku in March 2016.

• Aston Villa can win three of their opening four matches for just the second time in the past 10 Premier League seasons.

• However, Villa could lose their opening two home games of a Premier League campaign for only the second time, after 2013-14.

• Everton are the third club to lose their opening three Premier League games in consecutive seasons, after Southampton and West Ham United.

• Villa have won just four of their last 12 league games at Villa Park, following a run of 15 successive victories.

• The Toffees could lose their opening four league matches for the first time since 1958. They drew their fourth game of last season at Sheffield United.

• Everton are in danger of registering five successive Premier League defeats for the first time in 19 years.

• Ollie Watkins could match his career-worst tally of going nine successive Premier League fixtures without scoring.

• Everton have failed to score multiple goals in any of their last 12 league away fixtures.

• Sean Dyche is winless in all six Premier League games as a manager against Unai Emery, only avoiding defeat in Everton's goalless draw versus Villa at Goodison Park in January.

• Jhon Duran has scored seven Premier League goals despite making only three career starts in the division. His tally of six goals as a substitute since the start of last season is the most of any Premier League player.

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