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2020-21 English Premier League
Matchday 19 of 38
Aston Villa vs Everton
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
Sunday, 17 January 2021
Kick-off is at 13:00
Aston Villa and Everton will be aiming to prove their title credentials when they meet in a
2020-21 English Premier League match on Sunday.
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Both teams are fighting at the right end of the standings this season and have already claimed some notable scalps, but will be out to underline that they are not only Premier League pretenders when they meet at Villa Park this weekend.
Villa have been hit by a Covid-19 outbreak at the club, forcing them to field their academy players in defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup last week, but they are expected to be back at full tilt on Sunday.
The Birmingham club saw a five-game unbeaten run come to an end away to Manchester United on New Year's day.
Everton head into back-to-back games against Wolves and Villa this week in seventh place on the league standings after having a four game winning run brought to an unceremonious end by West Ham United at the start of the year.
The Toffees will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin for their trip to Molineux Stadium on Tuesday due to a hamstring injury, but Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping to call on his leading marksman at Villa Park later this week.
"He had a little problem during the week before West Ham but for the fact he has never had this kind of injury, he wasn't able to judge himself," Ancelotti told reporters on Monday.
"We want to keep him safe and, when he comes back, to be 100 per cent. With an important player like Dominic, we have to be able to replace him in a different way.
"We have to adapt for this, for sure we will be less dangerous on crosses but perhaps we can be more dangerous with the final pass."
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The Villans took four points off Everton last season. A 2-0 win at Villa Park was followed by a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.
Aston Villa vs Everton head-to-head statistics:
Matches played: 179
Aston Villa wins: 66
Everton wins: 50
Draws: 63
English Premier League fixtures, matchday 19:
Saturday, 16 January
13:30 -
Wolves vs West Brom
16:00 -
West Ham United vs Burnley
16:00 - Leeds United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
18:30 -
Fulham vs Chelsea
21:00 - Leicester City vs Southampton
Sunday, 17 January
13:00 - Aston Villa vs Everton
15:05 - Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur
17:30 -
Liverpool vs Manchester United
20:15 - Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
Monday, 18 January
21:00 - Arsenal vs Newcastle United
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