English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 18, 2026
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Aston Villa WLWDW 0
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Match Report

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Aston Villa slip vs. Everton in chase to close Arsenal gap

Aston Villa's Premier League title ambitions suffered a damaging blow as an 11-game home winning streak ended with a 1-0 defeat to Everton.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
37.1
Possession
62.9
9
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
227
Accurate Passes
434
292
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
44
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
4
28
Effective Clearances
16
28
Clearances
16

Highlights

02:42 Why Aston Villa are 'not title contenders' after loss to Everton Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 26Lamare BogardeRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

EVE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 15Jake O'BrienCD-L
  3. 6James TarkowskiCD-R
  4. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLB
  5. 2Nathan PattersonRB
  6. 45Harrison ArmstrongAM
  7. 37James GarnerLM
  8. 34Merlin RöhlRM
  9. 11Thierno BarryF
  10. 18Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 7Dwight McNeilAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Substitution, Aston Villa. Evann Guessand replaces John McGinn because of an injury.
  2. 23' Dwight McNeil (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' James Garner (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Everton 1. Thierno Barry (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner.
  6. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Ian Maatsen.
  7. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. George Hemmings replaces Lamare Bogarde.
  8. 84' Substitution, Everton. Beto replaces Thierno Barry.

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