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. 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. — —

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

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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

The lineups are out and Frank Lampard has not changed much from last weekend, with Mason Holgate and Conor Coady starting in place of the injured Ben ...

The last time the two sides played was in late January while caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson was still in charge and Frank Lampard was under consideration for taking over. Overhit and Patterson heads away and then sets off on a counter, tripped by Coutinho who goes into the book. Everton take on Aston Villa in the early game that gets Matchday 2 underway this weekend. 49’ - A Coady cross finds Patterson, he beats Digne and is fouled, right on the edge of the box and the former Blue is booked too. Not surprisingly, Villa have been focusing on the Everton right early on. That causes more chaos in the box and lots of flying heads and boots before Villa can clear. Freekick is not cleared by the hosts, Myko gets it back into the box, Coady header, Tarky gets a boot on it, and it goes wide. Iwobi loses the ball and gives up a freekick. 45+1’ - Good move from the Blues, Iwobi’s cross into the box from the left falls for Gray but he tries to control and it’s hooked away for a corner. 51’ - Now Gray with the ball in the box, but can’t get a cross off. Coady stands in front of a McGinn shot, and he is down with the physio’s on. Ball isn’t cleared well, Carlos hammers it from outside the box and Patterson blocks well.

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.

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.

Former England teammates Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard face off at Villa Park this weekend as Everton head to the West Midlands.

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... Villa have looked shaky from corners and they didn't deal with this one, with Gordon turning the ball in from close range. Ings and Philippe Coutinho seemed to get in each other's way from the cut-back, but the striker turns and rifles a shot past the helpless Pickford with his weaker left foot. 24th min: And just like that, Everton have the ball in the net... 41st min: Everton are trying to be a bit more assertive in possession, but Emiliano Martinez remains untroubled in the Villa goal. 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. Ramsey teases a low ball across the six-yard box and Coutinho just can't reach it on the slide. It was a frantic finish, but Everton just couldn't find an equaliser, and Villa get their first points of the season. It was straight at the Villa keeper but he dealt with it well. This time, it's Onana who is dispossessed in the centre circle, and Buendia takes over: he slides in Watkins and races onto the return pass across the box to slot home, with Pickford out of position. Onana was a lively player off the bench for his Premier League debut and it was his marauding run and cross that saw Digne turn the ball into his own net. 85th min: GOAL! 2-0 TO VILLA! Once again, it comes from Everton losing the ball up the pitch.

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Aston Villa striker Danny Ings and substitute Emiliano Buendia secured a 2-1 win over Everton as the hosts claimed ...

With Everton throwing everything forward, defender Mings made a superb late challenge to deny substitute Salomon Rondon as the home side held on to win. Having lost 2-0 at Bournemouth on the opening weekend, Villa's manager Steven Gerrard restored centre-back Tyrone Mings to the starting lineup and his side bounced back with an industrious performance, outmuscling an Everton team coached by Gerrard's former England teammate Frank Lampard. After good work down the right by Ollie Watkins, the 30-year-old swiped the ball from in front of onrushing teammate Philippe Coutinho before cutting back onto his left foot and rifling a shot past Jordan Pickford just past the half-hour.

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.