Well, That’ll Silence Some Of The Doubters – Villa Take First Win – Match Stats

Friday evening certainly turned into an eventful night for me, but Aston Villa found themselves back in front of the television cameras as we welcomed Everton to Villa Park for our third Premier League clash of 2019/20.

Having lost our first two matches and with some fans getting antsy despite the small improvements both matches (Spurs and Bournemouth) gave us, for some reason it felt like plenty thought Everton would be tougher than they were – but their opening matches certainly hadn’t implied that.

Thankfully for us, that was exactly how it worked out as although we again showed we have plenty of improvements still to make (Everton dominated the statistics, but only managed one effort on target), we were clinical and scored twice from three goal bound efforts.

Record signing Wesley opened his account for the club in the 21st minute, before Anwar El Ghazi added a second to make it 2-0 five minutes into stoppage time.

Up to 11th as I type, our first top flight win since February 2016 and it allows Jack Grealish to say the ultimate words to those in the media harping about his PL record.

Thank f*ck https://t.co/tOKoJ8bSge

— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish1) August 23, 2019

A sentiment we all no doubt echo!

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Aston Villa				Everton
Wesley (21), El Ghazi (95)
Heaton				Pickford
Guilbert				Coleman
Engels				Keane
Mings				Mina
Taylor				Digne
Douglas Luiz				Schneiderlin
Jota			77	Andre Gomes
McGinn				Richarlison			78
Grealish				Sigurdsson			61
Trezeguet			86	Bernard			62
Wesley				Calvert-Lewin
Substitutes
Lansbury				Holgate
Steer				Walcott			78
Hourihane				Iwobi			61
Konsa				Sidibe
El Ghazi			77	Stekelenburg
Elmohamady			86	Davies
Davis				Kean			62

Game Statistics
7	Goal attempts	12
3	On Target	1
0	Corners	6
10	Fouls	18
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
35	%	65