Everton vs Aston Villa preview
Posted on | December 4, 2008 | No Comments
Game : Everton ( 7th- 22 points) vs Aston Villa ( 5th- 25 points)
Competition : English Premier League
Venue : Goodison Park ( Everton home ground)
Date : Sunday, 7 December 2008
Kickoff : 16.00 GMT ( 4 PM)
After stunning Tottenham Hotspur last week, David Moyes’ Everton face Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa in a crucial game for both games at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon. The Toffees paid a huge price for their win over Spurs, with Yakubu ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing his Achilles.
With Yakubu, Louis Saha and James Vaughan out, Moyes has Victor Anichebe as his sole striking option. Steven Pienaar, who scored against Tottenham, seems to have recovered from his knee problem, but defenders Nuno Valente and Tony Hibbert remain sidelined.
Everton form- last five games- all competitions ( Scorers in brackets)
Tottenham 0-1 Everton ( Steven Pienaar)
Wigan 1-0 Everton
Everton 1-1 M’Boro ( Yakubu)
West Ham 1-3 Everton ( Joleon Lescott, Louis Saha*2)
Everton 1-0 Fulham ( Louis Saha)
Everton form- last five games at home- all competitions
Everton 1-1 M’Boro ( Yakubu)
Everton 1-0 Fulham ( Louis Saha)
Everton 1-1 Man Utd ( Marouane Fellaini)
Everton 2-2 Newcastle ( Mikel Arteta, Marouane Fellaini)
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Aston Villa made wholesale changes to the squad that drew 0-0 against Fulham last week, and were shocked by Slovakian minnows MSK Zilina in the UEFA Cup on Thursday. However the result did not affect their qualification chances, as Hamburg overcame Slavia Prague in the other fixture. Villa need to win games to break into the top four, but without John Carew, they look a little short of attacking firepower. Against Fulham, they depended way too much on Ashley Young’s crosses to create an opening, and could not find their way past Roy Hodgson’s men.
Aston Villa form- last five games ( all competitions- Aston Villa scorers in brackets)
Aston Villa 1-2 MSK Zilina ( Nathan Delfouneso )
Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa ( Gabriel Agbonlahor)
Aston Villa 1-2 M’Boro ( Steve Sidwell)
Aston Villa away form- last five games
Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa ( Gabriel Agbonlahor)
Slavia Prague 0-1 Aston Villa ( John Carew)
Newcastle 2-0 Aston Villa
Wigan 0-4 Aston Villa ( Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Steve Sidwell, John Carew)
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Corresponding fixture last season :-
Everton 2-2 Aston Villa ( Phil Neville, Joseph Yobo/ Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew)
Aston Villa to nick this 2-1, with Agbonlahor, Petrov and Arteta scoring.
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