{"id":360371,"date":"2011-04-01T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/everton-v-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T10:39:07","slug":"everton-v-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/everton-v-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton v Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_summary.html.xslt#5 $--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 2 April 2011<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Everton<\/td>\n<td> v <\/td>\n<td>Aston Villa<\/td>\n<td>15:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_stats.json.html.xslt#10 $--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>EVERTON<\/p>\n<p>ASTON VILLA<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Possession<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Everton<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Aston Villa<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- E IINC --><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Barclays Premier League<\/b><br \/><b>Venue:<\/b> Goodison Park <b>Date:<\/b> Saturday, 2 April <b>Kick-off:<\/b> 1500 BST<br \/><b>Coverage:<\/b> Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Merseyside and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TEAM NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Everton striker Louis Saha is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing ankle surgery.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Toffees are already without Mikel Arteta, Jose Baxter and Marouane Fellaini, while Jack Rodwell, Tim Cahill and Seamus Coleman are doubts. <\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa defenders James Collins and Richard Dunne are expected to return to the side following international duty. <\/p>\n<p>Luke Young is also back, but Kyle Walker is doubtful with a groin problem and Ciaran Clark is suspended. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Everton<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Doubtful<\/b>: Cahill (foot), Coleman (knee), Rodwell (ankle) <\/p>\n<p><b>Injured<\/b>: Arteta &#038; Baxter (both hamstring), Fellaini &#038; Saha (both ankle) <\/p>\n<p><b>Aston Villa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Suspended<\/b>: Clark (one match) <b>Doubtful<\/b>: Walker (groin)<\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH PREVIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p> It is an oft wheeled out statistic that Everton and Aston Villa have met more times than any other in the top flight. But with just eight games left of this campaign, Villa fans are becoming increasingly worried that it is a fixture that might not be played next season as the club find themselves deep in relegation trouble. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t    <!-- S IBOX --><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"231\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<tr readability=\"3\">\n<td width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0ca56104o.gif.gif\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t<b>Everybody is concerned because we are not dreamers. There is a new league starting for us of eight games<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IBOX --><\/p>\n<p> Gerard Houllier&#8217;s tenure as manager has lurched from one crisis to another and his stock amongst the Villa Park faithful dipped to an all-time low when they lost at home to Midlands rivals Wolves. That left them just one point above the drop zone and with a squad said to be riddled with discontent, these are worrying times for the Villans. <\/p>\n<p>Houllier must have looked on with a mixture of pride and envy as his England contingent of Ashley Young, Stewart Downing and Darren Bent sparkled when on the field against Wales and Ghana. He needs to get them replicating that form for Villa, and quick. <\/p>\n<p>They go into Saturday&#8217;s game at Goodison Park with a superb recent record against Everton, who are hardly having a great season themselves. <\/p>\n<p>But any small relegation fears the Toffees had were crushed by a run of three wins in four games that has lifted David Moyes&#8217; side up to eighth, and within five points of rivals Liverpool. <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH FACTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Head-to-head<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is the most-played fixture in the English top flight. Villa have 72 wins to Everton&#8217;s 70 from the previous 191 league meetings. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last nine league games against Everton. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Toffees midfielder Tim Cahill has scored six goals in 10 league games against Villa.<\/p>\n<p><b>Everton<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Everton have conceded 30% of their goals from headers, the highest proportion in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Toffees are the only team in the top flight who have not earned a penalty this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Everton have kept just one clean sheet in their last 13 league games. <\/p>\n<p><b>Aston Villa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Aston Villa have conceded more headed goals (13) than any other team this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Villans have kept just one clean sheet in their last 20 league matches. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have managed to win just one of their last 12 away games in the league. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Villa have only taken five points from six matches. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have dropped 21 points from winning positions this season, a league high. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Darren Bent is in line for his 200th career Premier League appearance. <\/p>\n<p><b>LEADING GOALSCORERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Everton<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Saha: 10 goals (7 league); Cahill: 9 goals (9 league) <\/p>\n<p><b>Aston Villa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bent: 14 goals* (11 league); A Young: 8 goals (6 league) <\/p>\n<p><i>* Bent scored 11 goals (8 league) for Sunderland<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH OFFICIALS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Referee<\/b>: Mike Jones <\/p>\n<p><b>Assistant referees<\/b>: Stephen Child &#038; Andy Garratt <\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth official<\/b>: Lee Probert <\/p>\n<p><b>LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Everton <\/b>(W2-1 v Fulham, h): Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Rodwell (Bilyaletdinov 77), Neville, Osman, Cahill (Heitinga 69), Saha (Beckford 87). Subs not used: Mucha, Gueye, Anichebe, Baxter. <\/p>\n<p><b>Aston Villa<\/b> (L0-1 v Wolves, h): Friedel, Walker, Cuellar, Baker (Delph 33), Herd, Albrighton (Agbonlahor 61), Reo-Coker (Pires 60), Makoun, Downing, A Young, Bent. Subs not used: Marshall, Bradley, Heskey, Petrov.<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9440002.stm\" title=\"Everton v Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everton v Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 Saturday, 2 April 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Everton v Aston Villa 15:00 EVERTON ASTON VILLA Possession Everton 50% Aston Villa 50% Barclays Premier League Venue: Goodison Park Date: Saturday, 2 April Kick-off: 1500 BST Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Merseyside and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles TEAM NEWS Everton striker Louis Saha is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing ankle surgery. 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