Everton vs Aston Villa, 2022-23 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueWatkins scores again, Aston Villa beats Everton 2-0 in EPL
— Ollie Watkins scored for the fifth successive match as Aston Villa beat Everton 2-0 to end Sean Dyche’s 100% home record and drop his team back into the English Premier League relegation zone on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Delay in match because of an injury Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 2': Amadou Onana (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 6': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 8': Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dwight McNeil with a cross.
- 10': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara with a through ball.
- 10': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.
- 13': Foul by Amadou Onana (Everton).
- 13': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 19': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
- 19': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 22': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Dwight McNeil (Everton).
- 23': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
- 25': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Lucas Digne.
- 27': Attempt missed. James Tarkowski (Everton) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross following a corner.
- 28': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Matty Cash.
- 29': Attempt missed. Neal Maupay (Everton) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross following a corner.
- 34': Attempt saved. Amadou Onana (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitaliy Mykolenko with a cross.
- 34': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
- 36': Foul by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
- 36': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Delay in match because of an injury Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
- 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38': Attempt missed. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dwight McNeil with a cross.
- 39': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 39': Séamus Coleman (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Alex Iwobi (Everton).
- 41': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 42': Séamus Coleman (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Everton. James Tarkowski tries a through ball, but Amadou Onana is caught offside.
- 44': Foul by Dwight McNeil (Everton).
- 44': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt saved. Neal Maupay (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dwight McNeil.
- 45'+1': Conor Coady (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 45'+2': Amadou Onana (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Dwight McNeil (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Everton 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Everton 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 50': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 50': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 53': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Attempt missed. Alex Iwobi (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Neal Maupay (Everton) header from very close range is blocked.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Dwight McNeil (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa).
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 58': Foul by Séamus Coleman (Everton).
- 58': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
- 61': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Leon Bailey.
- 61': Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Lucas Digne.
- 61': Penalty Aston Villa. John McGinn draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 61': Penalty conceded by Idrissa Gueye (Everton) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 63': Goal! Everton 0, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 65': Attempt missed. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vitaliy Mykolenko with a cross.
- 70': Substitution, Everton. Demarai Gray replaces Alex Iwobi.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
- 72': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
- 72': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Amadou Onana (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 74': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 75': Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 75': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
- 75': Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Substitution, Everton. Ellis Simms replaces Neal Maupay.
- 77': Attempt missed. Ellis Simms (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré with a cross.
- 77': Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
- 79': Hand ball by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
- 81': Goal! Everton 0, Aston Villa 2. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 82': Substitution, Everton. Tom Davies replaces Amadou Onana.
- 85': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
- 85': Attempt missed. James Tarkowski (Everton) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dwight McNeil with a cross following a corner.
- 87': Dwight McNeil (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 89': Hand ball by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
- 90': Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
- 90'+1': Foul by Demarai Gray (Everton).
- 90'+1': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Tom Davies (Everton).
- 90'+5': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Matty Cash.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Everton 0, Aston Villa 2.
- 0': Match ends, Everton 0, Aston Villa 2.
Statistics
 AVL |
EVE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 53.5 | Possession | 46.5 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 343 | Accurate Passes | 277 |
| 433 | Passes | 353 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 11 |
| 8 | Crosses | 35 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 63 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 16 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 27 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 27 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Goodison Park
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 39,309
Venue: Goodison Park
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 39,309
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 9 | +11 | 23 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 9 | +12 | 22 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 10 | +6 | 18 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 9 | +5 | 18 |
Line-Ups
Everton (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Pickford (GK) |
| 2 | James Tarkowski |
| 30 | Conor Coady |
| 27 | Idrissa Gueye |
| 19 | Vitaliy Mykolenko |
| 23 | Seamus Coleman |
| 8 | Amadou Onana  |
| 16 | Abdoulaye Doucouré |
| 7 | Dwight McNeil |
| 17 | Alex Iwobi |
| 20 | Neal Maupay |
Aston Villa (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa |
| 27 | Lucas Digne |
| 2 | Matty Cash |
| 6 | Douglas Luiz |
| 44 | Boubacar Kamara |
| 41 | Jacob Ramsey |
| 7 | John McGinn |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 31 | Leon Bailey |
Premier League News
Who now has the advantage in the Premier League title race?
Steve Nicol assesses the Premier League title race between Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal.
Nicol: Man City were rattled in loss to Bournemouth
Steve Nicol recaps Manchester City's 2-1 loss against Bournemouth in the Premier League.
How Liverpool came from behind to move top of the Premier League
Steve Nicol reacts to Liverpool's 2-1 win over Brighton in the Premier League.
Liverpool ratings: Salah, Tsimikas lead win vs. Brighton
Mohamed Salah and Kostas Tsimikas were excellent in Liverpool's 2-1 victory over Brighton to go top of the Premier League table.
Southampton edge Everton to earn first win of the season
Promoted Southampton finally got to celebrate a first Premier League win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Everton thanks to a late Adam Armstrong goal.