Aston Villa vs Everton

Aston Villa, rising like a phoenix from a dumpster fire, welcome Everton to Villa Park. There's plenty of questions to be addressed following the cavern of ...

It’s wishful, but not unrealistic thinking and with that it’s a 2-1 win for Aston Villa. The back four will likely be the same as last week, though there’s a chance Mings comes on for Konsa. In the midfield, we’ll see Kamara holding with Douglas Luiz and John McGinn. The number 10 position will go to Coutinho, though I’d love to see Emi, and Ollie Watkins partnering with Danny Ings in attack. Bournemouth weren’t supposed to be good, they, in fact, are not good, and Villa have no business losing to them.

Both teams had a poor first outing, with Steven Gerrard's side losing 2-0 to Bournemouth, while Frank Lampard's blues were defeated 1-0 by Chelsea. Here's ...

Tyrone Mings could features against the Toffees. Highlights will also be available on BBC's Match of the Day on Saturday evening. The game kicks off at 12.30PM BST on Saturday August 13, and will be held at Villa Park, which has a capacity of 42,682.

THE PREMIER LEAGUE gets back underway this weekend with a number of matches to watch out for beginning with old foes Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in ...

Brentford will then host United in the evening kick-off at 5.30pm with Christian Eriksen returning to the side who gave him a chance last season. But there could equally be plenty of goals in games at the Amex, St Mary's and Molineux. Old rivals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard will stand in opposite dugouts for the first time as opposing managers.

Everything you need to know about the match between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park this weekend.

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Aston Villa and Everton will be looking to kickstart their Premier League campaigns in 2022/23 as they face off at Villa Park this weekend.

Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 1 hr 20 minutes to KO: Both these teams started the season with defeats: Everton were edged out at home by Chelsea, while Villa were beaten at Bournemouth. Gerrard's men attempted 13 shots from open play on the south coast, a figure bettered only by Tottenham Hotspur (15) and Newcastle United (17) last week. Frank Lampard! A match between two struggling sides desperate to improve and lay down a marker for the season, with tedious arguments over England's best midfielders rumbling on in the background... — — 17th min: Anthony Gordon turns and sprints away down the Villa right. It's the kind of game where spells of possession could be key simply to give your team a breather. — —

Everything you need to know about the match between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park this weekend.

Both teams will want to come out fighting after such a poor start, but Villa’s superior quality in attacking areas combined with the backing of the home crowd should see through to a hard-fought win. A hard game to predict. Tyrone Mings and Emi Buendia are available for Villa but Kortney Hause remains sidelined.

Premier League preview: Predicted Aston Villa XI, team and injury news against Everton.

Similarly, the back four almost names itself, with Matty Cash and Lucas Digne nailed on to start. Their opening day result may reflect in his team selection to face the toffees. Jacob Ramsey will therefore continue just in front of them and will be given the majority of the transitional burden, as he looks to convert safe play in midfield to chances up front.

We're live inside Villa Park for Aston Villa's first home match of the season as Gerrard looks to bounce back in style against Frank Lampard's Everton in ...

The players have just completed their usual pre-match walk around the pitch. Gerrard, 42, has a near clean bill of health to choose from with Kortney Hause (knee) the only absentee. I'm sure the boys will be ready to deliver.

Aston Villa face Everton in their second game of the 2022-23 Premier League season - here's everything you need to know.

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Blues travel to Villa Park in first away game of the season.

The last time the two sides played was in late January while caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson was still in charge and Frank Lampard was under consideration for taking over. The Toffees have added four players so far this summer transfer window, but it’s the one spot they’re to make a signing at that could be all the difference early this season. Everton take on Aston Villa in the early game that gets Matchday 2 underway this weekend. Overhit and Patterson heads away and then sets off on a counter, tripped by Coutinho who goes into the book. Iwobi beaten by Villa new boy Diego Carlos in the air but it’s well over. Not surprisingly, Villa have been focusing on the Everton right early on. 49’ - A Coady cross finds Patterson, he beats Digne and is fouled, right on the edge of the box and the former Blue is booked too. That causes more chaos in the box and lots of flying heads and boots before Villa can clear. Freekick is not cleared by the hosts, Myko gets it back into the box, Coady header, Tarky gets a boot on it, and it goes wide. 45+1’ - Good move from the Blues, Iwobi’s cross into the box from the left falls for Gray but he tries to control and it’s hooked away for a corner. Iwobi loses the ball and gives up a freekick. 51’ - Now Gray with the ball in the box, but can’t get a cross off.

Aston Villa and Everton will be looking to kickstart their Premier League campaigns in 2022/23 as they face off at Villa Park this weekend.

— — — — — — Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 Sat, Aug 13 1 hr 20 minutes to KO: Both these teams started the season with defeats: Everton were edged out at home by Chelsea, while Villa were beaten at Bournemouth. Gerrard's men attempted 13 shots from open play on the south coast, a figure bettered only by Tottenham Hotspur (15) and Newcastle United (17) last week. It's the kind of game where spells of possession could be key simply to give your team a breather.

I don't know what Gerrard's got against wingers but Villa are way too narrow against a team playing with wing-backs.

All Villa so far. Not at all sure about Frank Lampard's decision to persist with Anthony Gordon up top when he has Salomon Rondon who might not be prolific but certainly is a presence and brought his Newcastle team-mates into the game well under Rafael Benitez a few years back. Big chance for Villa. McGinn's inswinging corner from the right with his left is arrowed on to Diego Carlos's head. Everton look exceptionally vulnerable when they lose the ball in midfield, lacking the legs to recover quickly. He traps it, faces up Tarkowski and tries to thread a pass through to Ings that Coady cuts out. McNeil tacks towards the left, Gray peels off into space to shoot but McNeil's pass is too heavy and Villa work it out for a corner. When Villa manipulate one of Iwobi and Davies/Doucoure out of position, their otherwise well-organised defence looks vulnerable. Davies is penalised for a foul just inside the Villa half. He recycles it infield but Everton and Iwobi in particular stop the probing. Iwobi floors McGinn 15 yards outside the Villa box. Davies slides in to win the ball and take down Watkins with his followthrough. Gordon feeds off the scraps and clouts a fizzing shot straight at Martinez who slaps it away with his palms.

ASTON VILLA roll out the red carpet for Everton this afternoon in what is set to be an entertaining affair.Not only are both sides in need of a win, b.

Gameweek 2 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at Villa Park, where Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard square off for the first time as managers.

New signing Conor Coady and Mason Holgate come in at centre-half as the Everton boss persists with the striker-less set-up of Gameweek 1 despite Salomon Rondon‘s availability. The Villa manager’s other change comes at centre-half as deposed captain Tyrone Mings returns to the starting XI at the expense of Ezri Konsa. “Ollie Watkins is ready, he has had his strongest week since we have been back.

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8 min: Coady puts his foot on the ball and slows things down for Everton. He nearly sends McNeil away with a raking pass. Mykolenko had a bit of his shirt, but not much, and he was outside the box anyway. Villa come again, Cash bursting into the box from the right and falling over, claiming a penalty. The pass is woefully overhit, and Gray does well just to keep the ball in play, then wins a corner. Tarkowski wins a header, and Gordon bundles the loose ball home from a couple of yards. 13 min: Mings sends a long pass down the inside-right channel for Watkins, who takes the ball down neatly, but fails to find Ings in the middle. The ball drops to Gray, six yards out, but before he can poke home, Kamara arrives to deny him and concede a corner. The ball drops to Patterson on the edge of the box. 48 min: Gray flicks a header down the left to cleverly send Mykolenko into space. 46 min: Iwobi miscontrols then brings down McGinn as he prepares to scoot towards the Everton box. 49 min: Patterson takes on Digne down the right and wins. 50 min: Villa predictably struggle to clear the set piece.

Aston Villa beat Everton 2-1 at Villa Park as Steven Gerrard got the better of Frank Lampard in their first-ever managerial duel.

Everton stayed compact in what essentially became a 5-3-1-1 formation and Lampard was keen to stay solid defensively and try to hurt Villa with direct play down the wings and from set-piece situations. Gerrard got the better of Lampard this time and his Villa side did just deserve the win. In and around the box they struggled to carve out big chances but they did look very good on the break and when they got the ball forward quickly and with purpose. It was only Week 2 but the passion on the sidelines showed us just how big of a season this is for the former England teammates and friends. They had a real go late on and almost snatched a point and you can’t fault the effort of this Everton side. From the first whistle Villa came flying out of the traps but they couldn’t quite find the cutting edge.