About Match
Everton go into the game 8th in the table on 5 points; Aston Villa sit 18th on 1 — a 4-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.67/1 for Everton and 0/1.67 for Aston Villa (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.42. A win would lift Everton to 8 points and up to 3rd (other results unchanged).
Defeat has not touched Everton in 6 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Aston Villa have not won in 6 games. Everton have banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Aston Villa, 1.
GioScore's database holds 39 meetings between the two: 12 for Everton, 14 for Aston Villa and 13 drawn, at 2.64 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.4 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.64 all-time.
Hill Dickinson Stadium stages the fixture, a ground that holds 52,888.