Aston Villa vs Everton

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.

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

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Minute-by-minute report: It's Gerrard v Lampard as both teams look to record their first points of the season. Join Scott Murray.

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.

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.

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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.

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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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.

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

Everton 1-2 Aston Villa Aston Villa 3-0 Everton Everton 0-1 Aston Villa

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. — —

Goals from Danny Ings and Emiliano Buendia secured a 2-1 win for Aston Villa over Everton as Steven Gerrard got the better of Frank Lampard at Villa Park. The ...

Onana was also praised despite being dispossessed in the build-up to Villa's second goal. "That might tarnish the win if we lose someone who is that important to us. It is clear that missing that focal point of the team will affect you. Lampard is without Dominic Calvert-Lewin through injury and having opted to leave Rondon on the bench, he went into the game without an out-and-out striker. "It was a pretty even game apart from the transitional goals. "He has not been stripped of his place, he was injured last week and wasn't 100 per cent so we went a different way," the Villa boss explained. "There has not been as much focus and attention outside the building but I understand when you make a decision there is a lot of noise. The fans were fantastic and you saw the response from the team." The Argentine made a real difference after he came on and seemed to enjoy himself. There were opportunities but when Dwight McNeil needed to find the pass he overhit it and when Demarai Gray needed to control the ball inside the box it escaped him. It was a nervy finish as both Salomon Rondon and Onana came close to finding an equaliser in stoppage time. In contrast, Everton looked a little disorganised despite the arrival of Conor Coady and remain pointless this season.