Everton 0-2 Aston Villa: Sean Dyche’s side drop into the relegation zone

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Everton 0-2 Aston Villa: Sean Dyche’s side fall into the relegation zone as goals from Ollie Watkins and Emi Buendia give the visitors all three points at Goodison Park

  • Everton fell into the relegation zone after a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa.
  • Ollie Watkins continued his fine run as he put Villa 1-0 up from the spot
  • Emi Buendía doubled Aston Villa’s lead to seal the three points for the visiting team

Everton fell into the relegation zone after a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa at Goodison Park.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for the visiting team with a well-taken penalty shortly after the hour mark.

Aston Villa’s advantage was then redoubled by Emi Buendía with the substitute’s goal that sealed the three points for Unai Emery’s team.

More to follow.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for Unai Emery's Aston Villa with a coolly taken penalty

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for Unai Emery’s Aston Villa with a coolly taken penalty

LINE-UPS AND MATCH DATA

Everton (4-5-1): Pickford; Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iwobi (Grey 70), Onana (Davies 83), Gueye, Doucoure, McNeil, Maupay (Simms 76)

Goals:

Reservations: Onana, Doucoure

Manager: Sean Dyché

Aston Villa (4-4-2): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne (Moreno 61); McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Ramsey; Bailey (Buendía 61), Watkins

Goals: Watkins, Buendía

Reservations: Martinez

Manager: unai emery