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Everton vs Aston Villa lineups

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Everton host Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium on 5 January 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 20 of the Premier League. They last met on 18 January 2026, when Everton won 1-0.

Everton vs Aston Villa match facts

Kick-off
Tue 5 Jan 2027, 19:30
Stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 20

Everton vs Aston Villa lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Everton vs Aston Villa head to head

8
Everton wins
8
Draws
11
Aston Villa wins

35–37 on goals in 27 meetings since 29 August 2010

Recent Everton vs Aston Villa results

  1. Aston Villa0–1EvertonVilla Park
  2. Everton0–0Aston VillaHill Dickinson Stadium
  3. Everton0–1Aston VillaGoodison Park
  4. Aston Villa3–2EvertonVilla Park
  5. Everton0–0Aston VillaGoodison Park

All in the Premier League

Everton vs Aston Villa history

Everton have won one of the last five, with two drawn. Aston Villa have not won any of their one visits to Hill Dickinson Stadium. Three of the last five were decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in one of the last five. Aston Villa hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, nine meetings.

Last meeting: Aston Villa 0-1 Everton, January 2026

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Aston Villa, 4-2-3-1
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Everton, 4-2-3-1
Aston Villa crest
Aston VillaFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 23Damián MartínezG
  2. 2Matthew CashD
  3. 4Ezri KonsaD
  4. 14Pau TorresD
  5. 22Ian MaatsenD
  6. 26Lamare BogardeM
  7. 8Youri TielemansM
  8. 7John McGinnM
  9. 27Morgan RogersM
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaM
  11. 11Oliver WatkinsF

Bench

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 64James WrightG
  3. 3Victor LindelöfD
  4. 5Tyrone MingsD
  5. 12Lucas DigneD
  6. 29Evann GuessandF
  7. 20Jamaldeen JimohM
  8. 53George HemmingsM
  9. 16Andrés GarcíaD

Coach: Unai Emery

Everton crest
EvertonFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 2Nathan PattersonD
  3. 6James TarkowskiD
  4. 15Jake O'BrienD
  5. 16Vitalii MykolenkoD
  6. 34Merlin RöhlM
  7. 37James GarnerM
  8. 7Dwight McNeilM
  9. 45Harrison ArmstrongM
  10. 18Jack GrealishM
  11. 11Thierno BarryF

Bench

  1. 31Thomas KingG
  2. 12Mark TraversG
  3. 9BetoF
  4. 64Reece WelchD
  5. 20Tyler-Jay DiblingM
  6. 39Adam Aznou Ben CheikhD
  7. 23Séamus ColemanD
  8. 73Elijah Xavier CampbellD

Coach: Leighton Baines

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Everton in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 18 January 2026 in the Premier League. Everton won 1-0. Thierno Barry scored. Damián Martínez and Jordan Pickford started in goal. Unai Emery and Leighton Baines picked the sides.

Everton vs Aston Villa lineups — common questions

When is Everton vs Aston Villa?
Everton vs Aston Villa kicks off at 19:30 UK time on 5 January 2027 at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. The match is Matchweek 20 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Everton vs Aston Villa match?
In the meeting before this one, Everton won 1-0 on 18 January 2026 in the Premier League. The time before that, Everton and Aston Villa drew 0-0 on 13 September 2025 in the Premier League. Everton have won 8 of the 27 meetings between the clubs and Aston Villa have won 11.

Aston Villa vs Everton at Villa Park

Updated 23 September 2026