PREMIER LEAGUE FRIDAY: We preview Friday’s Premier League game with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats for ASTON VILLA v EVERTON.
ASTON VILLA V EVERTON
8pm We have Friday Night Football to enjoy tonight as Aston Villa host Everton! We’ve only been two games into the new Premier League season; however Everton are the only side yet to concede a goal. Perhaps a sign of an exciting season to come. Villa impressed in their opener against Spurs, however they lost here last weekend to Bournemouth who have been poor away from home. Both sides will see this as a good chance of picking up three points, but another loss for Villa will put pressure on Dean Smith after a £100M+ plus spend during the summer.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Aston Villa 3.4, Everton 2.32 and the draw is 3.55. Everton have been very solid at the back in their opening too games and a quick look back at their fixtures shows how good they have become at the back. They’ve kept ten clean sheets in their last 13 games. Villa have played well in patches at the start of the season; but they haven’t put everything to together yet.
Given how patchy Villa have been, we can see them struggling to score against their Everton side. The one thing that puts you off the Everton price is they have only won three times in their last ten away Premier League games. They might be very good at the back, but they are struggling to score away from home. Failing to beat Palace on the hoping day was disappointing too.
On balance, if you had to pick a winner – you would go for Everton. However given how solid they have been at the back and Villa not putting it all together yet, this game screams unders. Under 2.5 goals looks absolutely massive at 2.06. It’s very surprising that it’s odds against and we can’t look past this as our best bet.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Under 2.5 goals at 2.06.
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MATCH STATS
- Aston Villa have won just two of their last 15 Premier League matches against Everton (W2 D7 L6), with both victories coming at Villa Park (1-0 in August 2010 and 3-2 in May 2015).
- Everton have scored two or more goals in each of their last eight Premier League encounters with Aston Villa (22 goals); their longest such scoring streak against a single team in the competition.
- Aston Villa vs Everton is the most played fixture in English football league history. This will be the 203rd league meeting between the sides, all of them in the top-flight (73 wins for Aston Villa, 76 for Everton).
- Aston Villa have won more Premier League games (18) and scored more Premier League goals (68) versus Everton than they have against any other side in the competition.
- Aston Villa won their first ever Premier League match played on Friday back in December 1997, beating Spurs 4-1 at Villa Park; since then they’ve drawn three and lost twice on Friday in the division.
- Everton have won five and lost just one of their last eight Premier League matches held on Friday (W5 D2 L1), losing only to Stoke City in this run (December 2014).
- Everton have lost two of their last three Premier League games versus newly promoted opposition (W1), as many as they’d lost in their previous 37 combined (W22 D13 L2).
- Aston Villa have earned just one point from their last 45 available in the Premier League (W0 D1 L14). Their winless run of 15 games is their second longest in top-flight history (19 between August 2015-January 2016).
- Everton have kept two consecutive clean sheets from the start of a top-flight season for the first time since 1993-94. They last kept a clean sheet in their first three such games back in 1912-13.
- Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has lost his first two Premier League games. If he loses this match, 2019 would be the first calendar year to see as many as three different managers lose their first three games in the competition, after Scott Parker and Jan Siewert.
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