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Aston Villa v Everton
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Kick Off: Saturday 14th September at 17:30
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Competition: Premier League
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Watch Live: Sky Sports Main Event
Aston Villa will look to record their first Premier League home win of the season when they face Everton at Villa Park on Saturday evening. Unai Emery’s side have started their season with a pair of wins away from home at West Ham and Leicester, either side of a 2-0 home defeat to Arsenal.
As for Everton, they have lost each of their three league matches of the season so far and as a result find themselves bottom of the table. Aston Villa are firm favourites to heap more misery on the Merseysiders this weekend.
Aston Villa v Everton Best Bets
➡️ Morgan Rogers to be fouled 2+ times @ 2.30 with Paddy Power
➡️ Ashley Young to commit 2+ fouls @ 2.50 with Paddy Power
Morgan Rogers to be fouled 2+ times stands out here. The 22-year-old’s marauding runs and dribbling skill has caused each of Villa’s opening three opponents of the season all sorts of problems.
Rogers was fouled twice against Leicester last time out and he also earned his side one free kick against both West Ham and Arsenal. While the Villa forward was used sparingly during the second half of last season by Unai Emery, he was still drew an average of 1.27 fouls per 90 across his 11 Premier League appearances, three of which were off the bench.
He will likely be up against experienced Everton duo James Tarkowski and Michael Keane, both of whom were averaging just over one foul per game in the English top-flight last term. What’s more, Tarkowski has averaged one foul per game this season so far, while Keane has committed a combined total of three fouls across his four league and cup appearances.
Everton captain Seamus Coleman suffered an injury on international duty with the Republic of Ireland so Ashley Young could be restored to the starting XI. If so, backing Ashley Young to commit 2+ fouls looks like a smart play. Young became the oldest player to be sent off in the Premier League following his dismissal against Brighton on the opening day of the season.
The 39-year-old has since come off the bench in Everton’s EFL Cup win over Doncaster, committing two fouls while being on the pitch for a mere 23 minutes. He was averaging 1.35 fouls per game in the Premier League last season and he should have his work cut out at Villa Park, where his direct opponent is likely to be John McGinn.
The Villa skipper has been fouled nine times in the Premier League this season already, while he drew 2.06 fouls per 90 in the top-flight last term.
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📊 Aston Villa Form and Stats
Aston Villa have done all of their best work away from home in the Premier League this season so far, collecting maximum points from their visits to West Ham and Leicester. Not only did both of those matches end 2-1 in Villa’s favour, a quirk of those victories was the same two players getting on the scoresheet.
Former Everton man Amadou Onana made a dream start to life at Aston Villa by notching in his debut against the Hammers and he went on to fire in the opening goal of the game against the Foxes on matchday two. On top of this, the Belgian powerhouse has put in a number of all-action displays in the middle of the park for his new club. Onana has committed seven fouls across his opening three top-flight appearances for Villa, picking up two yellow cards in the process.
Despite scoring in each of their two wins this season, Jhon Duran is yet to start a game for Aston Villa in the top-flight this term. Consequently, the Colombian striker has staked a major claim to get the nod against Everton on Saturday. Duran, like the aforementioned Onana, plays with plenty of aggression, evidenced by the fact that he has already collected a caution this season, something he managed to do on no fewer than eight occasions last term.
In fact, Aston Villa have been one of the most ill-disciplined sides across the opening three weeks of the Premier League season, collecting a combined total of eight yellow cards, a tally topped only by Arsenal (10).
Aston Villa captain John McGinn has been one of the most fouled players across the opening three rounds of the new Premier League season, earning his side nine free kicks over his three appearances to date.
📊 Everton Form and Stats
Everton have endured a miserable start to the season, coming away empty-handed from each of their three Premier League games so far. Sean Dyches’s side have been uncharacteristically out-of-sorts in defence, shipping ten goals across their opening three contests of the campaign. To make matters worse, the Blues’ backline has been breached three or more times in each of those three losses.
Everton picked up the majority of their Premier League points at Goodison Park last season, failing to win 14 of their 19 top-flight road trips last term. Those away day struggles can be attributed to the fact that nine of their overall 13 clean sheets last season were secured in front of their own supporters. In fact, Dyche’s side have failed to keep the back door shut in each of their last nine Premier League away games.
Despite Everton’s early season struggles, they have been relatively well-behaved across the opening stretch of the new season. The Toffees have committed just 29 fouls over their three matches thus far, picking up just three yellow cards along the way. However, Ashley Young was sent off in Everton’s opening day defeat to Brighton.
At the other end of the park, Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been involved in each of the two goals Everton have scored in the Premier League this season to date, both of which came against Bournemouth. The Toffees attacker scored one and set up the other before the Cherries staged a stunning comeback to claim all three points.
⚔️ Aston Villa v Everton Head-to-Head
Aston Villa have avoided defeat in each of their last five Premier League home games with Everton, claiming top honours on four occasions. Last season’s corresponding fixture saw Villa run out comfortable 4-0 winners, with Leon Bailey scoring one and setting up another.
However, Everton did hold Villa to a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture at Goodison Park back in January of this year. It’s also worth noting that Sean Dyche’s side did emerge from Villa Park with a 2-1 victory to reach the fourth round of the EFL Cup last term.
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