Everton vs Aston Villa

25 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ollie Watkins 63’ (pen)
  • Emiliano Buendía 81’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 2-0 away at Everton. It was goalless at half-time.

Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute and Emiliano Buendía made it 0-2 in the 81st minute, set up by John McGinn.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.06 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Everton's 1.57 from 15.

Match stats

Everton Aston Villa
15 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.54 xG 2.06
1.54 Non-penalty xG 1.30
9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Everton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
63’
Ollie Watkins
Penalty0-1 (Aston Villa)
81’
Emiliano Buendía
Assist: John McGinn0-2 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Everton
  • Amadou Onana
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré
Aston Villa
  • Emiliano Martinez

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 2.06 63’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 63’ 81’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), 0-2 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 2.06 63’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 Watkins 63’ 81’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), 0-2 Buendía 81’
Everton 1.57 xGAston Villa 2.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Everton attacking 
63’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Neal Maupay (Everton), set piece, 0.61 xG, blocked 10’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 81’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 8’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 45’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 55’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Ellis Simms (Everton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Amadou Onana (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Neal Maupay (Everton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 71’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 79’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 6’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 63’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Neal Maupay (Everton), set piece, 0.61 xG, blocked 10’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 81’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 8’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 45’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 55’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Ellis Simms (Everton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Amadou Onana (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Neal Maupay (Everton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 71’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 79’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 6’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK900 0.000.000
Seamus Coleman DEF900 0.000.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
James Tarkowski DEF902 0.090.000
Vitalii Mykolenko DEF900 0.000.132
Idrissa Gueye MID900 0.000.000
Alex Iwobi MID732 0.160.102
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID902 0.110.101
Amadou Onana MID851 0.070.000
Dwight McNeil MID902 0.160.334
Neal Maupay FWD793 0.780.061
Demarai Gray Sub172 0.100.000
Ellis Simms Sub111 0.100.000
Tom Davies Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 37% Avg odds 2.61
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.14
Aston Villa win 32% Avg odds 2.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Everton LLWLW
Aston Villa WWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Everton, 13 Aug 22 Next meeting: Aston Villa 4-0 Everton, 20 Aug 23  All Everton vs Aston Villa meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.