Everton falls to Aston Villa in a thrilling match
Aston Villa overcame Everton in a thrilling match played at Villa Park this Saturday, September 14th. The match, corresponding to the fourth round of the 2024 Premier League, ended with a resounding 4-2 victory for the home side.
Everton started the match with a good pace, opening the scoring in the 16th minute with a goal from Dwight McNeil. Ten minutes later, Dominic Calvert-Lewin extended the lead for the Toffees. However, Aston Villa reacted strongly, managing to score a goal from Ollie Watkins in the 36th minute.
In the second half, Watkins scored again, this time in the 58th minute, to level the score. From that moment, Aston Villa took control of the match. A goal from Jhon Duran in the 76th minute and another from Watkins in the 85th secured victory for Unai Emery’s team.
Everton, despite their good start, could not maintain the pace of the match and ended up succumbing to an Aston Villa that showed more efficiency and forcefulness.
Statistics:
Aston Villa: 73% possession, 17 shots (8 on target, 6 off target), 6 corners, 10 fouls, 1 yellow cards, None red cards
Everton: 27% possession, 6 shots (2 on target, 3 off target), 2 corners, 12 fouls, 4 yellow cards, None red cards
Events:
* Minute 15: Everton – Yellow card for I. Ndiaye
* Minute 16: Everton – Goal from D. McNeil
* Minute 19: Everton – Yellow card for T. Iroegbunam
* Minute 27: Everton – Goal from D. Calvert-Lewin
* Minute 36: Aston Villa – Goal from O. Watkins
* Minute 47: Aston Villa – Yellow card for E. Martinez
* Minute 58: Aston Villa – Goal from O. Watkins
* Minute 76: Aston Villa – Goal from J. Duran
* Minute 79: Everton – Yellow card for A. Young
* Minute 85: Aston Villa – Yellow card for U. Emery
* Minute 88: Everton – Yellow card for J. O’Brien
Match data:
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Substitutions everton: at minute 26 J. Garner came in and V. Mykolenko went out., at minute 64 J. O’Brien came in and J. Harrison went out., at minute 64 O. Mangala came in and I. Gueye went out., at minute 81 Beto came in and T. Iroegbunam went out., at minute 81 J. Lindstrom came in and I. Ndiaye went out.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 46 R. Barkley came in and A. Onana went out., at minute 69 J. Duran came in and J. Ramsey went out., at minute 69 I. Maatsen came in and L. Digne went out., at minute 84 E. Buendia came in and O. Watkins went out., at minute 90 J. Philogene came in and J. McGinn went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Aston Villa
Everton
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