Everton 2-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 December 2008

Result

Everton 2-3 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 7 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Everton 2-3 Aston Villa: match report

Everton were beaten by Aston Villa 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steve Sidwell opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Everton's goals came from Joleon Lescott (30') and Joleon Lescott (90'). Aston Villa scored through Steve Sidwell (1'), Ashley Young (54') and Ashley Young (90').

Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Everton were 8th on 22 points from 15 and Aston Villa 6th on 25 points from 15. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Steve SidwellAston Villa · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Joleon LescottEverton · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Luke YoungAston Villa
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiEverton
  • 54'Goal · Ashley YoungAston Villa · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Joleon LescottEverton
  • 90'Goal · Joleon LescottEverton · 2-2
  • 90'Goal · Ashley YoungAston Villa · 2-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Tim Howard, Phil Neville, Phil Jagielka, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Leon Osman, Marouane Fellaini, Segundo Castillo, Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-5-1)

Ashley Young, Martin Laursen, Luke Young, Nicky Shorey, James Milner, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar