Everton vs Aston Villa: Premier League preview, team news, stats and head-to-head

Everton vs Aston Villa: Premier League preview, team news, stats and head-to-head

  • Everton are winless in their last 11 Premier League games against Aston Villa (D3 L8), having previously won six of their last eight games against Aston Villa (D1 L1).

  • Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last five Premier League away games against Everton (W3 D2) and have kept a clean sheet in their last three games. They have never played four away games without conceding a goal against the Toffees in their league history.

  • Only Southampton have won fewer Premier League games (1) and scored fewer goals (12) than Everton (3 wins, 15 goals) in the Premier League this season. However, after losing their first four games in the competition this season, the Toffees have since lost just four of their last 15 (W3 D8).

  • Aston Villa have lost each of their last five away games in the Premier League, conceding at least two goals in each defeat. It is the longest away defeat in a single competitive season since losing the last seven such games in the 2015/16 season.

  • Everton have failed to score in eight of their last ten Premier League games. During that time, they have scored three goals (excluding own goals) from 119 shots and an expected goals total of 8.8.

  • Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1 in their first Premier League game of 2025 – they have not started a calendar year in the top flight with two wins in a row since their first three wins in 2009.

  • Only 10 of Aston Villa’s 32 Premier League points this season have come in away games (31.3%), with only Brentford (18.5%) having picked up a lower away percentage than the Villans so far this season.

  • Only seven of Everton’s goals in the Premier League this season have come from play, the only team to score fewer than 10 goals from play in the competition this season. In fact, only Ipswich (13.1) has a lower total expected goals in open play than Everton (13.2) in the 2024-25 Premier League.

  • Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has made more targeted runs without the ball (224) than any other player in the Premier League this season, including 121 in the final third, also a league high. However, the striker remained without a goal in his last 15 appearances in the competition, only from November 2023 to March 2024 did he go longer without scoring (18 appearances).

  • Only Cole Palmer (8) has been more successful with balls in the Premier League this season than Youri Tielemans (7). The Belgian has also made more progressive passes (71) than any other Aston Villa player in the league this season.

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