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Aston Villa and Everton will square off in this intermediate Premier League round, with the Villans absolutely desperate for points.
Dead last in the standings and 8 points behind safety, Aston Villa is pretty much certain of relegation, but they will hope to follow Leicester’s example from last season. The Foxes were in a similar position at this stage of the season (albeit not really as bad) and we all know where they are now. With just 16 points in 24 rounds, Aston Villa also lost 4 of the last 5 matches in all competitions. They are on the back of a 1-2 loss at Stoke City, where they probably deserved to lose more heavily, as they posed absolutely zero offensive threat.
Everton is in excellent shape, winning 4 of the last 5 matches in all competitions and doing it in emphatic fashion, each time by a form of handicap and each time keeping a clean sheet. The only time they failed to win was in the last Premier League round, 0-1 against West Brom, when WBA had 25% possession and only one shot on goal! Everton is on the back of a 2-0 Cup win at Bournemouth and will feel confident coming into this game. Despite being on the 12th place, Everton hasn’t been so bad this season. They are just 5 points behind the 7th place and have a game in hand, so there are still chances for a solid finish, maybe even Europa League qualification.
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Team news & lineups:
Amavi, Traore and Kozak are unavailable for Aston Villa. The hosts might also miss Grealish and Sanchez. Everton won’t have Hibbert, Browning and probably Besic in the lineup.
Aston Villa: Bunn – Richards, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho – Bacuna, Westwood, Gueye – Veretout, Carles Gil, Ayew
Everton: Robles – Oviedo, Stones, Jagielka, Coleman – Barry, McCarthy – Cleverley, Barkley, Lennon – Lukaku
Both teams need to win if they are to have any chance of reaching their objective, so we should see an open game. Everton is scoring for fun right now and will definitely have chances against a dirt poor Villa defense. On the other hand, I`m not sure Villa will be able to score, considering the fact that they went scoreless in 5 of their last 6 matches and Everton conceded just once in their last 5 outings. What`s more, Everton allowed only 2 shots on goal in the last two games! As such, I would not bet on goals here.
The Toffees are really playing well right now on both ends of the pitch and I don`t think this weak Aston Villa team will be able to produce an upset today – especially since they can`t choose to just park the bus and defend, it would not do them any good. My tip is Everton to win. Prediction: Aston Villa – Everton 0-2.
Pick: Everton
Odds: 1.88 @ 1xBet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.04
Event date: 1 March
