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Everton face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Blues have won 24 of the 88 games compared to the host's 44 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2002, as the Villans edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Everton | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 22 Sep | Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 30 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Oct | Everton | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 05 Nov | Everton | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 20 Feb | Everton | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Aston Villa, Everton are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Blues have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 9 points from their 9 matches. Everton see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 9 points from their 9 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Everton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Everton | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |