Match Thread Everton V Aston Villa. Sat Sep 13th. 3pm

Your Everton MOTM

  • Pickford

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • O'Brien

    Votes: 16 5.0%
  • Tarkowski

    Votes: 5 1.6%
  • Keane

    Votes: 142 44.4%
  • Garner

    Votes: 21 6.6%
  • Iroegbunam

    Votes: 1 0.3%
  • Gueye

    Votes: 29 9.1%
  • Ndiaye

    Votes: 52 16.3%
  • Dewsbury-Hall

    Votes: 4 1.3%
  • Grealish

    Votes: 43 13.4%
  • Beto

    Votes: 2 0.6%
  • Rohl '66

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • Barry '75

    Votes: 2 0.6%

  • Total voters
    320

Very much an ignored fact.

I would even posit that Villa are probably the closest club to us, history wise.

Of course this means nothing to the TV companies.

I dunno man, it seems to be brought up every single time i've seen this clash broadcast. Most played fixture, usually with an added historical W/D/L record.

Agree on the second point, though. Have a lot of sympathy for Villa, gladly cheering them on with their recent successes. Lord knows their fans have had to enjoy their share of misery. Not long since they spent some three odd seasons in the champo, that was when Grealish came up and made himself a regular even!

Recent matches have not been going our way though. Not gonna be easy, but hope the crowd will make themselves heard tomorrow.
 

I feel like this has been a gruelling international break. Welcome back football.

C'mon you blues. Let's have a go at Villa. I think that we'll be able to gauge where we are at after Villa.
 
The gamblers view:

Everton vs Aston Villa​

Former Aston Villa man Jack Grealish has made a blistering start to his Everton loan, registering a league-high four league assists and leading the top flight in expected assists per 90 (0.59).

He also leads the league in fouls won per 90, that after being hacked down seven times against Wolves last time out, and I suspect we'll see more of the same this week against a desperate Villa side.
jack grealish fouls won

Unai Emery's men have started very slowly, and need a result - and a goal - to get their season started, so will be right at it here and so backing Grealish's direct opponent, MATTY CASH, TO BE CARDED is an obvious play at a solid price of 11/4.

The confidence is flowing through Grealish once again, and he is getting fed the ball at almost every opportunity, which gives Cash plenty of chances to get stuck into him.

The Polish international has been booked once already this season, and was flashed seven yellows last season at an average of 0.30 per 90. One of those came when Villa faced Manchester City in what was one of Grealish's rare starts, with Cash fouling his opposite number three times.

Referee Simon Hooper is a cracking appointment for card backers, with the whistleblower flashing 17 cards in three games this season.

Score prediction: Everton 2-1 Aston Villa (Sky Bet odds: 8/1)
 


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