Premier League: Gameweek 21
Time: 10.30pm East African Time/7.30pm UK
What you need know
- Former Everton manager David Moyes makes a return to club after replacing Sean Dyche who was sacked on January 9. Moyes managed Everton for more than 500 matches from 2002 to 2013.
- Aston Villa are eighth on the Premier League table, while the Toffees are fighting relegations at 16th.
- Aston Villa travel to Merseyside in solid form, losing just one of their last five competitive games (W3, D1). They have also dominated the H2Hs between these two of late, avoiding defeat in each of the past 11 league meetings (W8, D3) and keeping a clean sheet on their last three visits to Goodison Park
- However, Unai Emery’s men come into this clash on the back of five successive away league defeats.
- The Villans are also without a league clean sheet on the road for 11 matches stretching back to April at Arsenal.
Form – Last six games
Everton Premier League form: WDDDLL
Everton form (all competitions): DDDLLW
Aston Villa Premier League form: WLWLDW
Aston Villa form (all competitions): LWLDWW
Head-to-head – Last six games
Everton: 1 win
Aston Villa: 4 wins
Draw: 1
Possible starting lineups
Everton:
Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Lindstrom, Gueye, Mangala, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Onana, Tielemans; Bailey, Duran, Rogers
Players to watch
Iliman Ndiaye – Everton
Ollie Watkins – Aston Villa
Injury list
Everton
Broja A. – Ankle
Chermiti – Thigh
Coleman S. – Calf
Garner J. – Lower back
Iroegbunam T. – Ankle
Aston Villa
Barkley R. – Calf
Diego Carlos – Ankle
McGinn J. – Thigh
Philogene J. – Knock
Torres P. – Foot
