Aston Villa v Everton 14th Jan 2012

Aston Villa v Everton

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13^th placed Aston Villa are at home to 11^th placed Everton with one point between the two 

Everton with 20 goals are the third lowest scorers in the PL and Villa are not far behind on 22 

Everton have the seventh meanest defence with 24 goals conceded, two fewer than Villa 

Villa have a poor home record with 11 points out of 30 from three wins and two draws to go with five defeats and only four teams have scored fewer goals (11) at home

They have now lost their last four home matches in the PL scoring just one goal, although three of the defeats were against Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal, the last one was at the hands of Swansea

Everton with 13 have taken more points on the road than at Goodison this season with four wins and a draw to go with five defeats and with 12 goals conceded have the fourth meanest record on the road
Darren Bent leads the way for either side in the goal scoring with six goals, one more than teammate Gabriel Agbonlahor and three more than any Everton player

Everton have struggled to score early in matches with just one goal in the opening 15 minutes of matches BUT in the final 10 minutes of matches they have scored nine goals, only Man City have scored more with 10 

Villa have two ever presents this season in Richard Dunne and Stephen Warnock with 20 starts, one more than Agbonlahor

Both Barry Bannan and Marc Albrighton have come on in 10 matches this season 

Everton also have two ever presents, Tim Howard and Leighton Baines

Villa have conceded six goals from corners whilst Everton have yet to concede from one 

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Defensive Stats

Fixture History 

Five of the last six matches between the two have been drawn, the only win in this period was a 1-0 home win for Villa last season 

At home Villa have a fantastic record against Everton with an 11/1 record and seven matches have been drawn

Overall in this PL fixture Villa lead 17/7 with 15 matches drawn 

The only Everton win at Villa Park in the PL was a 3-1 success back in February 2005 with a double from Leon Osman and one from Tim Cahill

Been three 0-0 matches at Villa Park between these two in the PL 

Everton only scored in nine of 19 visits to Villa Park     

Agbonlahor has scored more PL goals against Everton than any other side, with six in 12 matches including three in five at Villa Park 

Darren Bent has four goals in 10 matches against Everton and only once at home   

This is also the favourite fixture for Tim Cahill with six goals in 11 matches including four in five at Villa Park 

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