Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aston Villa & Everton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aston Villa and Everton.
Aston Villa form and stats
Last season, Aston Villa's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.As mentioned below, Aston Villa are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games.
A good away victory last time out for Villa, who won 1-0 against Chelsea. Watkins, a natural forward, was the top player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 8.02 (out of 10). Watkins scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Legia Warszawa in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Aston Villa matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Aston Villa as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Brighton & Hove Albion are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Aston Villa's 2 home games: {7 goals}, 1 conceded.
Everton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Doncaster Rovers in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. Everton's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Everton are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for Everton, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Brentford last time out. Tarkowski was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.13. The defender Tarkowski scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Arsenal.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Everton when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
A new game in only three days for Everton, the Premier League home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.
Everton has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Everton have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa have been victorious in every one of the 5 latest duels versus this side. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  M. Cash 2 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 2 goals |  J. Durán Palacio 2 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Everton missing players
| Aston Villa | Everton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 23 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 43% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 25% | ||
| 8.5 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 1 |
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