Aston Villa 1-3 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Aston Villa 1-3 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Aston Villa 1-3 Everton: match report

Aston Villa lost to Everton 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 0-3.

Steven Pienaar opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Karim El Ahmadi (74'). Everton scored through Steven Pienaar (3'), Marouane Fellaini (31') and Nikica Jelavić (44').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Everton received no yellow cards.

Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Everton 7th with 63.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Everton in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 7 draws and 0 for Everton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Marouane FellainiEverton · 0-2
  • 44'Goal · Nikica JelavićEverton · 0-3
  • 58'Red card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 74'Goal · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa · 1-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 7, Everton 0.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Matthew Lowton, Karim El Ahmadi, Charles N'Zogbia, Barry Bannan, Chris Herd, Darren Bent, Nathan Delfouneso, Nathan Baker

Everton expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Phil Jagielka, Sylvain Distin, Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman, Tim Cahill, Nikica Jelavić, Johnny Heitinga, Leighton Baines