Aston Villa vs Everton — Premier League Preview, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

by Gary McCarty | 10/05/2021

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Aston Villa and Everton will trade tackles at Villa Park on Thursday in the most frequently contested fixture in English league history, and you can watch this match as well as the rest of football on tv or via online streaming.

It will be the 206th league encounter between these two teams. A win for Villa would seem them balance the all-time H2H record with the Merseyside outfit (W75, D54, L76).

Everton will be desperate to pick up all three points as they currently sit just a point adrift of seventh-placed Tottenham.

Aston Villa Preview

Aston Villa squandered a half-time lead against Manchester United on Sunday, succumbing to a 3-1 defeat at Villa Park, their third loss in the last five Premier League matches (W1, D1).

The 'Lions' have managed just one triumph in their last seven Premier League games on home turf (D2, L4). Curiously, after beating Fulham at the start of April, they have failed to win any of their last three such contests despite scoring the opener on each occasion (D1, L2).

Dean Smith's men have yet to win a midweek Premier League fixture this season, having lost the last five in a row since being held to a scoreless home draw to Burnley in December.

After claiming a 2-1 victory at Goodison Park in the reverse fixture, Villa are pursuing their first league double over Everton since the 2000/01 season.

Ollie Watkins could have become the first player to score both home and away against Merseyside outfits, Liverpool and Everton, in a single top-flight campaign.Â

The English striker found the net in both matches against the Reds and broke the deadlock at Goodison. However, he was sent off during Villa's weekend loss to United.

Everton Preview

A narrow victory against West Ham at the London Stadium last time out means 45.45% of the Toffees' away league wins this season have yielded the identical 1-0 scoreline (5/11).

Indeed, the margins of their league triumphs away from home have been quite tight, with 81.82% of their winning margins on the road failing to exceed a single goal (9/11).

Everton's recent Premier League games have been notably close as each of the last seven has seen the teams separated at full-time by under 1.5 goals.

The clean sheet has been a common theme in Everton's away Premier League contests of late, with each of their last six league trips witnessing one or both sides fail to get on the scoresheet.

Carlo Ancelotti has had a rough ride facing Aston Villa as a manager, having won just one of his six top-flight matches against them as a head coach (D3, L2).Â

Team News

Aston Villa

Out:Â Ollie Watkins, Trezeguet, Morgan Sanson, Jack Grealish.

Doubts:Â N/A

Everton

Out:Â Jean-Philippe Gbamin.

Doubts:Â James Rodriguez.

Predicted Line-upsÂ

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1):Â Emi Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Kon Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett; John McGinn, Douglas Luiz; Bertrand Traore, Ross Barkley, Anwar El-Ghazi; Wesley

Everton (4-4-2):Â Jordan Pickford; Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina, Michael Keane, Lucas Digne; Seamus Coleman, Tom Davies, Allan, Gylfi Sigurdsson; Richarlison, Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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