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Everton vs Aston Villa is an English matchup with Aston Villa holding a moderate edge, although Everton have repeatedly kept the contest within reach. Villa won 3–2 at home on 14 September 2024, while Everton answered with a 2–1 League Cup victory there on 27 September 2023 and a 1–0 win away on 18 January 2026. Draws at both grounds add to the uncertainty future meetings will carry.
Past matches, Everton vs Aston Villa
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Aston Villa
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40G
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64G
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3D
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12D
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16D
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5D
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53M
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29F
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20M
Everton Substitutes
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G
12
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G
31
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F
9
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M
20
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D
23
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D
39
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D
64
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D
73
Match events
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18'E. Guessand J. McGinn
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23'Dwight McNeil Yellow Card
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47'James Garner Yellow Card
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56'Lamare Bogarde Yellow Card
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59'⚽T. Barry Normal Goal
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73'L. Digne I. Maatsen
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73'G. Hemmings L. Bogarde
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84'Beto T. Barry
Stats for this game
Matchup Everton VS Aston Villa
Villa have the narrower advantage
Aston Villa hold the stronger direction in this English matchup, but the gap is modest enough for Everton to keep challenging it. Villa won 4–0 at home on 20 August 2023 and 3–2 there on 14 September 2024, then won 1–0 at Goodison Park on 15 January 2025. Everton’s 1–0 victory at Villa Park on 18 January 2026 provides a clear response to that sequence.
Both venues allow a different answer
Everton’s 2–1 League Cup win at Villa Park on 27 September 2023 and the 0–0 draw at Goodison Park on 13 September 2025 show that the favourite cannot rely on status alone. Earlier draws at Villa Park in May 2021 and January 2012 reinforce the matchup’s capacity to resist a simple script. A future meeting will ask whether Villa can turn its moderate edge into sustained control or whether Everton can again use defensive resilience and home conviction to shift the balance. That open exchange keeps the fixture compelling.