Everton vs Aston Villa pre-match thread

[RamboandBruno]

I really don't like it when the over confidence is exhibited on the pre match thread.
I met an Evertonian earlier, he said they will be right up for it.

Agree, it never seems to end well. Both players and crowd will be fired up and sometimes that is enough.

Not sure theres been that much over confidence, lots think we should win but not in a cock sure way. Ferguson will have them right up for it and Mings and Hause/Konsa are in for a game, but if we play our game from the off, ala Man Utd 2nd half or most of the game at old trafford, then we hopefully should be too good for them. Huge having McGinn back today, perfect man for the scrap Ferguson will try and make it. Hopefully Coutinhio is fit to start. Setting off in 5, cmon the lass!!

[Goldenballs]

Everton lost this exact fixture 2-1 in May last season - they've not lost back-to-back home league games against Aston Villa since March 1998.

Following their 3-0 win at Villa Park in September, Aston Villa are looking to secure their first league double over Everton since 2000-01.

Everton were joint-fifth in the clean sheet rankings in the Premier League last season, recording 12 shutouts overall. This season, only Newcastle and Watford have kept fewer clean sheets than the Toffees (3).

Everton have taken just five points in their last 12 Premier League matches (W1 D2 L9), the fewest they've won across a 12-game span since earning four points over 12 games between August and October 1994.

Aston Villa have conceded seven goals in their last three Premier League games (D1 L2), more than they had in their previous seven in the competition (6).

Everton have scored fewer first-half goals than any other Premier League side this season (5). The Toffees have failed to score before half-time in their last five games in the competition, last having a longer such run between December 2017 and January 2018 (6).

Everton have conceded the first goal in their last eight Premier League matches (W1 D1 L6), their longest run in Premier League history. Their previous longest was a seven game run between April and August 1997.

As a player, Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard was on the winning side against Everton more often than he was against any other opponent in the Premier League (16) and lost just four of his 30 games against the Toffees. Only against Villa (12) did Gerrard score more Premier League goals than he did against Everton (9).

Jacob Ramsey had a hand in both of Aston Villa's goals against Manchester United last time out, scoring one and assisting Philippe Coutinho's equaliser. Ramsey had only been involved in two goals in his previous 39 Premier League appearances for the Villans (2 goals).

Philippe Coutinho scored in his first Premier League appearance for Aston Villa against Man Utd last time out, with only four players scoring in their first two games for the Villans in the competition: Dalian Atkinson (1992), Dion Dublin (1998), Ross Barkley (2020) and Danny Ings (2021).

[john e]

I really don't like it when the over confidence is exhibited on the pre match thread.
I met an Evertonian earlier, he said they will be right up for it.

Agree, it never seems to end well. Both players and crowd will be fired up and sometimes that is enough.

Not sure theres been that much over confidence, lots think we should win but not in a cock sure way. Ferguson will have them right up for it and Mings and Hause/Konsa are in for a game, but if we play our game from the off, ala Man Utd 2nd half or most of the game at old trafford, then we hopefully should be too good for them. Huge having McGinn back today, perfect man for the scrap Ferguson will try and make it. Hopefully Coutinhio is fit to start. Setting off in 5, cmon the lass!!

there was a lot of confidence when we played Man United
We were the better side for 75% of the games we played but won none of them

We need to be on it from the beginning knowing that this will be a very difficult game against an Everton side who will be pumped
If we’re not we won’t win even though we are the better side

[Bad English]

I'm looking forward to a a win in glorious 4k UHD. FTF!

[Ads]

Been told by my Everton mates how the atmosphere will be electric and how they'll be bouncing. Big Dunc is going to do this and that. They're running around in training, Digne is going to get smashed etc.

We have to meet their intensity and dominate that ball. Strangle their effort and let our quality in the midfield push tell.

[PaulWinch again]

I have a genuine worry about this game. They have some good players, if they get a bounce from a change this’ll be really tough. We need to stop starting poorly.

[martin o`who??]

Being a glass half-empty type of bloke I can definitely see us getting the backlash today - why couldn't they have sacked him next week?

[LeeB]

Been told by my Everton mates how the atmosphere will be electric and how they'll be bouncing. Big Dunc is going to do this and that. They're running around in training, Digne is going to get smashed etc.

We have to meet their intensity and dominate that ball. Strangle their effort and let our quality in the midfield push tell.

Reading their forum they seem to think that having that psychopathic simpleton in charge is the panacea to all their faults, it makes you wonder a) why they didn't give him the job in the first place and b) what he's been doing in his job as assistant for the last few years.

I also read someone suggest "they have better players in every position", lol.

The atmosphere will be red-hot to begin with, lots of chants of 'Everton' in the absence of any other song and lots of screaming at the ref. A nice early goal for us and they'll turn quickly.

I'm going for 3-1 us.

[Goldenballs]

If they still had Rafa and we got an early goal then the crowd would turn, now they'll be bang up for it.

If we were playing them a week ago I'd be confident of a win, not so sure now, and a loss wouldn't be a huge shock.

[Rigadon]

It's all about starting well today.  Do that and I think we could win, but I think a draw is the most likely result. 

[tomd2103]

Can see McGinn for Sanson being the only change today.  Don't think Coutinho will be ready to start just yet and with Bailey and Traore still unavailable, I'm expecting both Ings and Watkins to start again.

[Chris Smith]

If they still had Rafa and we got an early goal then the crowd would turn, now they'll be bang up for it.

If we were playing them a week ago I'd be confident of a win, not so sure now, and a loss wouldn't be a huge shock.

I agree, they’ve also got Richarlison and Calvert-Lewin back which improves them considerably. We can’t afford another slow start.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Chuckie to replace Ings, for me.

[Risso]

I really, really hope Gerrard doesn't start with Ings and Watkins. It doesn't work, and means we always get off to a slow start. Start Coutinho then bring him off after an hour if need be.

[JUAN PABLO]

Being a glass half-empty type of bloke I can definitely see us getting the backlash today - why couldn't they have sacked him next week?

 

blame  Dean Smith   


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