LIVERPOOL. Aston Villa tops Everton 1-0 after E. Buendia scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson who was helped by Simon Bennett and Richard West. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Everton was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Aston Villa that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Everton was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Aston Villa found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Everton shot 15 times, 1 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aston Villa shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Everton received 5 yellow cards (A. Gomes, D. Calvert-Lewin, Y. Mina, Allan and B. Godfrey). On the other side, Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards (E. Martinez, M. Cash, T. Mings and D. Ings).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Everton will stay with 19 points to hold in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Aston Villa will have 26 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Everton will play away against Newcastle United on the 8th of February with a 14-8 head to head record in favor of Everton (6 draws).

Aston Villa will host Leeds United on the 9th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Leeds United (3 draws).

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Duncan Ferguson decided to play with the following team: Jordan Pickford (6.6), Jonjoe Kenny (6.6), Yerry Mina (7.0), Mason Holgate (6.4), Ben Godfrey (6.7), Andros Townsend (6.8), Abdoulaye Doucouré (7.4), André Gomes (6.2), Demarai Gray (6.7), Richarlison (6.6) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Allan (7.1), Séamus Coleman, Salomón Rondón, Asmir Begović, Tyler Onyango (6.6), Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Michael Keane, Lewis Dobbin and Anthony Gordon (7.5).

Everton could not rely on the presence of T. Onyango (injured).

Substitutions

Everton made 3 changes: A. Gomes for Allan (51′), A. Townsend for A. Gordon (56′) and A. Doucoure for T. Onyango (65′).

Best player: Anthony Gordon​

The player that probably impressed the most for Everton was Anthony Gordon.

His rating is (7.5) with 8 passes (100% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 10 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Steven Gerrard played with: Emiliano Martínez (6.8), Matty Cash (6.8), Ezri Konsa (7.3), Tyrone Mings (8.1), Lucas Digne (7.8), John McGinn (7.4), Douglas Luiz (6.2), Jacob Ramsey (7.0), Emiliano Buendía (7.8), Ollie Watkins (6.4) and Philippe Coutinho (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Robin Olsen, Tim Iroegbunam, Matt Targett, Ashley Young, Kaine Kesler, Morgan Sanson, Danny Ings (6.1), Kortney Hause and Carney Chukwuemeka (6.8).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: Coutinho for C. Chukwuemeka (74′), O. Watkins for D. Ings (79′) and E. Buendia for K. Hause (90′).

Best player: Tyrone Mings​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was Tyrone Mings even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 45 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Brentford – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-2
• Everton – Aston Villa – 0-1
• Leeds United – Newcastle United – 0-1
• Manchester United – West Ham United – 1-0
• Southampton – Manchester City – 1-1