Everton vs Aston Villa Predictions

• Five of the last six meetings between these two at Everton have gone under 2.5 goals.
• Aston Villa are yet to score in the Premier League this season.
• Ollie Watkins scored 16 league goals last term.

Everton boosted

Aston Villa have had a nightmare start to the season, taking just one point from their opening three games, failing to score in those three matches.

They will be hoping that the international break will have given them an opportunity to turn things around before they visit Everton on Saturday.

The Toffees have had a solid start to the campaign, winning three of their four games in all competitions, and have been buoyed by the summer additions to their squad.

Jack Grealish in particular has been a standout for David Moyes’ men, with a league-leading four assists already.

Between the former Manchester City man, Thierno Barry and Tyler Dibling, Everton have made a definite effort to be more expansive going forward after they had the lowest expected goals figure of any team who were not relegated last season.

Fixture list kind to hosts

While there is a definite feelgood factor surrounding the club following their solid start to the season and the successful move to the new Hill Dickinson Stadium.

However the fixture list has been favourable to the Toffees, taking on Leeds, Brighton, Mansfield and Wolves in their first four matches.

If Villa were at their best, they would certainly be a step up on those opponents but that is no guarantee at the moment.

Unai Emery’s side were fortunate to get a goalless draw from their first game against Newcastle before losing to Brentford and folding 3-0 to Crystal Palace at home in the final match before the international break.

The deadline day additions of Harvey Elliot, Jadon Sancho and Victor Lindelof should provide something fresh to this squad but they will need to improve plenty upon their showings before the break.

Goals could be in short supply

Given the visitors’ struggles in front of goal and the stakes at play for them, this could be a low-scoring affair. Everton’s increased attacking output has also been massively boosted by the ease of their fixture list.

12 of the Toffees’ last 15 Premier League games have gone under 2.5 goals and this could be the latest to follow suit.

To add to that, five of the last six head-to-heads at Everton have produced fewer than three goals.

For correct score purposes, punters may want to keep a 1-1 draw on side, seven of Everton’s 38 league games last term finished a goal apiece.

Ollie Watkins is yet to get off the mark this season but scored 16 goals in 2024/25 and is the away team’s likeliest route to goal in this one.

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