Unai Emery’s Aston Villa will look to build on their recent win over Chelsea when they host Everton in the third round of the EFL Cup.
Everton will on the road to square off against Aston Villa in the third round of the EFL Cup. Both the teams are heading into this fixture on the back of a win and will look to add to it.
Aston Villa are well placed on the points table in the Premier League, but they have not been consistent enough. They are currently sixth on the table with 12 points in their six outings. They have won four fixtures and have suffered defeats on two occasions.
after a defeat at the hands of legia warszawa in the uefa europa conference league, they managed to bounce back with a win over chelsea in the premier league. the home team will be heading into this match against everton high on confidence and will look to seal another win.
the merseyside club has been struggling in the new season. they have lost four of their six league games and have only won once so far. the visitors have only accumulated four points so far and are 15th on the points table.
However, their only league win came in their last outing when they managed to defeat Brentford 3-1. Everton dominated the proceedings and were the better team on the day. They will now look to carry that form into this cup fixture against Aston Villa. Meanwhile, The Hard Tackle takes a closer look at the two teams and tries to predict the tactics they could deploy.
Team News & Tactics
Aston Villa Unai Emery has no new injury concerns. However, he will be without the services of Emiliano Buendia, Tyrone Mings, Diego Carlos and Timothy Iroegbunam.
