Everton 4-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006

Result

Everton 4-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006, 12:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Everton 4-1 Aston Villa: match report

Everton beat Aston Villa 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2006. It was 3-0 at half-time.

James McFadden opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Everton's goals came from James McFadden (16'), Tim Cahill (22'), Leon Osman (45') and Tim Cahill (90'). Aston Villa scored through Gabriel Agbonlahor (64').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 11th on 40 points from 29 and Aston Villa 14th on 34 points from 29. Everton went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Everton's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Aston Villa's L-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · James McFaddenEverton · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Tim CahillEverton · 2-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Craig GardnerAston Villa
  • 28'Yellow card · Tim CahillEverton
  • 39'Yellow card · Wilfred BoumaAston Villa
  • 45'Goal · Leon OsmanEverton · 3-0
  • 64'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa
  • 90'Goal · Tim CahillEverton · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 4, draws 3, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Nigel Martyn, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Leon Osman, Kevin Kilbane, Simon Davies, James Beattie, Tim Cahill, James McFadden, David Weir, Nuno Valente

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney