MATCH FACTS

■■Everton have now failed to score in each of their last three Premier League games against Aston Villa (D1 L2), their longest such run since a five-game stretch between August 1998 and November

2000 (D2 L3).

■■Everton have now lost five Premier League home games this season; only once in the last six seasons have they lost more at Goodison Park in a single campaign (9 in 2020-21). ■■Everton have

recorded 19 points from their first 20 Premier League games this season, their lowest total at this stage since 1997-98 (17), a season they finished

17th – their joint-lowest ever Premier League finish.

■■Since Opta have Premier League shot data available (from 2003-04), today against Aston Villa was the first time Everton failed to record a single shot in the first half of a match at Goodison Park in the competition, in what was their

352nd home league game in this time. ■■Aston Villa’s Lucas Digne became the first player to assist a Premier League goal at Goodison Park against Everton having previously played for them in the competition since Nikica Jelavic for Hull in December 2014. ■■Aston Villa have scored seven goals from corners in the Premier League this season, with only Liverpool and West Ham (both 8) scoring more, while only Leicester (9) have conceded more goals from corners in the competition this season than Everton (8).