Everton vs Aston Villa live: Latest score as Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku hand home side the lead
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Everton vs Aston Villa, one of today’s 3.00pm Premier League kick-offs.
Preview: Everton vs Aston Villa
Key stats
- Aston Villa's last win at Goodison Park was in December 2008, with Ashley Young scoring a late goal to clinch a 3-2 victory for Martin O'Neill's side.
- They are without a victory in their last 11 league matches.
- Their point at home to Manchester City in their last game was their first in eight attempts.
- Everton haven't won back-to-back league matches at home since April.
- Romelu Lukaku needs one more goal to reach 50 in the Premier League. If he gets it, he will become only the fifth player in Premier League history to make that milestone before turning 23 (Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are the others).
Team news
Everton: Howard, Coleman, Funes Mori, Stones, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Deulofeu, Barkley, Kone, Lukaku
Subs: Robles, Gibson, Mirallas, Naismith, Osman, Cleverley, Lennon
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Clark, Richardson, Gana, Westwood, Veretout, Gil, Grealish, Ayew.
Subs: Bunn, Bacuna, Sinclair, Lescott, Sanchez, N’Zogbia, Gestede.
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