In a weekend match in week 2, on Sat Aug 13th, Everton will travel to Birmingham to battle Aston Villa in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Aston Villa sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against AFC Bournemouth. Jefferson Lerma struck first for AFC Bournemouth in the 2nd minute, then Kieffer Moore added another in the 80th minute on a feed from Lloyd Kelly In the end, Aston Villa was frustrated by AFC Bournemouth’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. AFC Bournemouth ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while everton sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Chelsea. Jorginho scored the first goal for Chelsea in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Everton was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Aston Villa won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Dele Alli has been the most effective weapon for Everton lately. The English midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches. Leon Bailey has been the most prolific scorer on Aston Villa in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Kortney Hause and Ezri Konsa are unavailable to play for Steven Gerrard’s team, while Frank Lampard’s Everton squad will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes, Ben Godfrey and Yerry Mina.