Aston Villa visits Everton in a battle of two sides at opposite ends of the spectrum right now. Villa are the penultimate team in the table right now. No one expected them to be in the drop zone, at any point this season. Meanwhile Everton are currently in the UEFA Champions League qualification zone right now. No one saw that coming either.
Of course, it is early days, so you can’t read too much into the standings right now.
Aston Villa at Everton FC
Kickoff: 3pm, Sat. Sept. 13, Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, UK
Aston Villa Preview Content: Injury Updates Team News Starting XI Prediction
Everton Preview Content: Team News Starting XI Predictions
Result Probability: Everton FC 38% Aston Villa 33% Draw 29%
PL Standing, Form: Everton FC 5th, 6 pts DDDLL Aston Villa 19th, 1 pt, DLL
So with that all said, and the match preview FYIs all laid out, let’s get to the lineup predictions
Starting XI Predictions
Aston Villa
Marco Bizot; Lamare Bogarde, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen; John McGinn, Youri Tielemans; Harvey Elliott, Morgan Rogers, Evann Guessand; Ollie Watkins
Everton FC
Jordan Pickford; Jake O’Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, James Garner; Idrissa Gueye, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall; Iliman Ndiaye, Jack Grealish, Tyler Dibling; Beto
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