Everton vs Aston Villa

1 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Dominic Calvert-Lewin 19’

Ollie Watkins 13’
Anwar El Ghazi 80’

Match summary

Aston Villa took a 2-1 win at Everton. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 13th minute, Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalised with a header in the 19th minute, set up by Lucas Digne, and Anwar El Ghazi won it in the 80th minute, set up by Bertrand Traoré.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Everton's 1.22 from 16.

Match stats

16 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.22 xG 1.59

1.22 Non-penalty xG 1.59

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Everton Aston Villa

Kick-off

13’

Ollie Watkins

0-1

Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Assist: Lucas Digne

1-1

19’

Half-time1-1

80’

Anwar El Ghazi
Assist: Bertrand Traoré

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz
Anwar El Ghazi

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.

Everton 1.22 xGAston Villa 1.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Everton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jordan Pickford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Seamus Coleman	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.04	1
Ben Godfrey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Holgate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90		1	1	0.01	0.75	4
Allan	MID	90			1	0.04	0.08	2
André Gomes	MID	73			0	0.00	0.01	1
Alex Iwobi	MID	79			2	0.10	0.03	1
Gylfi Sigurdsson	MID	85			4	0.18	0.00	0
Richarlison	MID	90			3	0.21	0.07	1
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	FWD	90	1		3	0.65	0.00	0
Fabian Delph	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.03	1
Bernard	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.02	1
Joshua King	Sub	5			1	0.03	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.44	1
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			2	0.04	0.21	2
Bertrand Traoré	MID	90		1	3	0.23	0.09	2
Ross Barkley	MID	90			2	0.07	0.55	2
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	90	1		2	0.51	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		4	0.95	0.00	0
Keinan Davis	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 49% Avg odds 1.98

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73

Aston Villa win 25% Avg odds 3.77

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

Form going into the game

Everton L D D D W

Aston Villa L W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Everton 1-1 Aston Villa, 16 Jul 20 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-0 Everton, 13 May 21 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.