Premier League prediction and preview: Everton modest favorites to beat Aston Villa

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 16.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Everton fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Aston Villa.

It's no vacation for neither Everton nor Aston Villa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everton can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Aston Villa are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Everton form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Everton have managed 8 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 17 games. In general it's been a long time since Everton tasted defeat here at Goodison Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Everton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Southampton that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Everton handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.

The manager C. Ancelotti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheffield United in only four days.

The Everton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. On the other hand, Everton have conceded 17 goals.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Aston Villa have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-12 (17 played).

Aston are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Crystal Palace (placed 14th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Manchester United.

We have checked recent matches where Aston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were four victories, one draw and one defeat.

The visiting Aston have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 17 games. Aston have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Aston Villa - Everton 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Everton six wins, two draws and Aston Villa two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EvertonD. Calvert-Lewin
D. Calvert-Lewin
13 goals
EvertonR. de Andrade
R. de Andrade
12 goals
Aston VillaJ. Grealish
J. Grealish
7 goals

Everton missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Everton Aston Villa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
12 8 4 Won W 1 2 8
9 6 0 Drew D 1 3 6
14 3 1 Lost L 4 12 21
41 22 7 Scored S 6 17 38
52 17 3 Conceded C 12 35 65
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
74% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 86%
49% 35% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 63%
31% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 29%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 14%
57% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 57%
23% 35% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
29% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 31%
 
5.6 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 5.1
4.7 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7.9 6.5
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
429 227 77 Total Shots T S 57 183 426
152 84 34 Shots on Target S O 23 69 143
27% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 25% 27%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Aston Villa has the most conceded goals in the second half (40)
  • Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Aston Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 35 30 3 2 76 27 18 17 1 0 47 13 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 93
2 Manchester City 35 23 3 9 91 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 18 10 1 7 41 22 57 72
3 Chelsea 35 18 6 11 63 49 17 9 3 5 27 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 14 60
4 Leicester City 35 17 8 10 65 36 17 10 4 3 33 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 29 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 14 13 8 48 37 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 11 55
7 Sheffield United 35 14 12 9 38 33 18 10 3 5 24 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 5 54
8 Tottenham Hotspur 35 14 10 11 54 45 18 11 3 4 33 17 17 3 7 7 21 28 9 52
9 Arsenal 35 12 14 9 51 44 17 8 6 3 31 21 18 4 8 6 20 23 7 50
10 Burnley 35 14 8 13 39 47 17 8 3 6 22 20 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 50
11 Everton 35 12 9 14 41 52 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 36 52 17 6 8 3 18 15 18 5 2 11 18 37 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 9 15 30 45 17 6 4 7 14 17 18 5 5 8 16 28 -15 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 12 15 36 52 18 5 6 7 20 27 17 3 6 8 16 25 -16 36
16 West Ham United 35 9 7 19 44 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 18 4 4 10 18 28 -15 34
17 Watford 35 8 10 17 33 54 18 6 6 6 22 23 17 2 4 11 11 31 -21 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 35 8 7 20 36 60 18 5 6 7 22 28 17 3 1 13 14 32 -24 31
19 Aston Villa 35 8 6 21 38 65 18 6 3 9 21 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -27 30
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 26 67 18 4 3 11 19 35 17 1 3 13 7 32 -41 21

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 35 30 3 2 76 27 18 17 1 0 47 13 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 93
2 Manchester City 35 23 3 9 91 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 18 10 1 7 41 22 57 72
3 Chelsea 35 18 6 11 63 49 17 9 3 5 27 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 14 60
4 Leicester City 35 17 8 10 65 36 17 10 4 3 33 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 29 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 14 13 8 48 37 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 11 55
7 Sheffield United 35 14 12 9 38 33 18 10 3 5 24 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 5 54
8 Tottenham Hotspur 35 14 10 11 54 45 18 11 3 4 33 17 17 3 7 7 21 28 9 52
9 Arsenal 35 12 14 9 51 44 17 8 6 3 31 21 18 4 8 6 20 23 7 50
10 Burnley 35 14 8 13 39 47 17 8 3 6 22 20 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 50
11 Everton 35 12 9 14 41 52 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 36 52 17 6 8 3 18 15 18 5 2 11 18 37 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 9 15 30 45 17 6 4 7 14 17 18 5 5 8 16 28 -15 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 12 15 36 52 18 5 6 7 20 27 17 3 6 8 16 25 -16 36
16 West Ham United 35 9 7 19 44 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 18 4 4 10 18 28 -15 34
17 Watford 35 8 10 17 33 54 18 6 6 6 22 23 17 2 4 11 11 31 -21 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 35 8 7 20 36 60 18 5 6 7 22 28 17 3 1 13 14 32 -24 31
19 Aston Villa 35 8 6 21 38 65 18 6 3 9 21 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -27 30
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 26 67 18 4 3 11 19 35 17 1 3 13 7 32 -41 21

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