Match Report: Everton 3-0 Aston Villa as it was tweeted...

Match Preview: Everton v Villa

Who are we playing?
Everton on Saturday 18th October at 3pm.

Where are we playing?
Goodison Park
Goodison Road,
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 4EL

Can I go?
Not unless you've already bagged a ticket. Despite the uncomfy seats and lousy views afforded by the away section, we've flogged our allocation.

Easy to get to?

Lime Street

There are decent public transport links but our method of choice over the years has been train to Lime Street, drink in the city centre and then cab it to the ground. We've had some wild adventures attempting the journey home in the past too, so check your train home is actually running...

Can I watch it on telly?
A Saturday 3 o'clocker so it won't be on proper UK telly. Plenty of dodgy web streams and pubs with foreign dishes are available if you wanna watch on the box.

Big game?
Huge.

Everton are yet to pull up any trees this season, seemingly falling victim to the curse of the Europa League (where they've been putting out strong sides) and will be keen to get their league season going with the three points here.

Villa face this on the back of three straight defeats and will need to get something here to regain the momentum of the early fixtures.

We have looked largely sterile going forward but the re-emergence of Christian Benteke must give us hope of a more goal strewn run and encouraging cameos from young Jack Grealish will also put pressure on Gabby and Weimann if that pair to remain in the starting line-up.

Villa's much improved back line is under threat from injuries, which will give Everton hope.

The ginger one out of Girls Aloud

Do Everton have any famous fans?
Well, there's Lee from Steps, Sly Stallone off of the Rambo films, ear splitting 80's pop poppet Sonia and the ginger one out of Girls Aloud

We've got fiddle playing scruffbox Nigel Kennedy.

So we win.

Senderos out injured

Who's playing for us?
Looks like international duty has done us out of the services of the surprisingly reliable Phil Senderos and gawd knows whether Ron Vlaar is ready for a full ninety having been on the missing list for weeks with his dodgy calf.

With Jores Okore seemingly sliding down the pecking order, there must be the distinct and horrifying possibility that Lambert will risk pairing Baker and Clark again, despite some nightmare performances from the partnership last term. That said, Baker has looked much improved in his outings this term, so fingers crossed that it won't be the car crash that some of us are expecting.

We'd love Big Chris to start but only if he's ready.

Who's playing for them?
They've lost John Stones for months with ankle damage while this one may well have come around too quickly for the recovering Ross Barkley.


Any useless stats?
Of course, here you go:

• Everton have beaten us 79 times while we also have 79 wins. There have been 58 draws.

Dennis

• Our last win at Goodison was back in December 2008. Two goals from Ashley Young and one from Steve Sidwell saw us squeak through 3-2 despite a brace from Joleon Lescott.

• We last beat Everton at Villa Park in August 2010, winning by a single goal from Luke Young

• Our first ever league meeting was in September 1888. Dennis Hodgetts scored both of our goals in a 2-1 triumph.

Prediction

Being wildly optimistic here and hoping we can stay solid at the back and pinch it by the odd goal

Villa's Under 18s lose 2 goal lead and get crushed 12-2 by Chelsea

"Twelve BLOODY Two"

Villa's Under 18 team raced into a two goal lead early doors against their Chelsea counterparts at Cobham, then collapsed completely, conceding an unheard of TWELVE goals.

Goals from Harry McKirdy and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy had fired Villa in front in the first fifteen minutes. Then the wheels fell off.

Jeremie Boga and Miro Muheim hit hat-tricks and Chelsea's young lions ran riot


If you can stand it, there's a comprehensive report of the hammering on Chelsea's website


Chelsea Jared Thompson; Charlie Wakefield, Ruben Sammut, Jake-Clarke-Salter (c) (Ike Ugbo 78), Jay Dasilva; Kyle Scott, Isaac Christie-Davies, Mukhtar Ali (Miro Muheim 34); Tammy Abraham, Dominic Solanke, Jeremie Boga (Josh Grant 75)

Unused subs Nathan Baxter
Scorers Boga 16, 27, 73; Abraham 25, 81; Muheim 43, 54, 60; Solanke 45+3, 45+5; Scott 63; Ugbo 89
Booked Scott

Aston Villa Dylan Forth, Kodi Lyons-Foster, Corey Taylor, Jack Clarke (Alex Prosser h/t), Rory Hale, Easah Suliman, Harry Lewis (Jordan Cox), Harry McKirdy, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Khalid Abdo (c), Callum O’Hare (Jake Humphries)
Unused subs Charlie Bannister
Scorers McKirdy 11; Hepburn-Murphy 15
Booked Hale, Abdo

Senderos injury plunges Villa into a defensive crisis

Philippe Senderos has picked up a thigh injury while on duty for Switzerland and looks highly likely to miss the Everton game, plunging Villa into defensive uncertainty.

Senderos

Ron Vlaar has been missing for weeks with a calf injury and the news about Senderos will leave Paul Lambert praying that the likes of Alan Hutton, Ciaran Clark and Jores Okore will return from international duty unscathed.

Swiss team doctor Cuno Wetzel said: "Philippe has a thigh muscle strain. We'll have to see how it reacts.

"Normally a player is out of action for some time with a muscle injury of this type."

The news will come as a hammer blow to Villa fans already reeling at the loss of Roy Keane's beard.

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Cobblers! Dame Edna buggers off to Northampton

Enda

Northampton Town have snapped up 24 year old Aston Villa left back Enda Stevens on a month's emergency loan.

Back in Ireland, Stevens began his career with University College Dublin before moving to St Patrick's Athletic where he became first choice left-back.

He made six appearances in the 2009-2010 UEFA Europa League.

Stevens joined Shamrock Rovers in December 2009 winning his first title as Shamrock won the league title on the final day of the season.

In 2011-2012, Stevens was part of Rovers' first ever UEFA Europa League clash and made 15 appearances in European competition over a two year period.

He capped off a memorable year by winning the PFAI Young Player of the Year.

He joined Villa in January 2012, and made his full Premier League debut against Manchester United, one of six Premier League starts he has to his name.

In the 2013/14 season he had loan spells at Notts County and Doncaster Rovers, and while with the latter he made 13 Championship appearances.

He is available to face Burton Albion at Sixfields on Saturday.

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