Everton are yet to concede a goal at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Aston Villa's last competitive goal was scored by Boubacar Kamara in May
Recommended bet: Both Teams to Score - No
Everton have taken to life at Hill Dickinson Stadium nicely and they will be seeking a third straight victory at their new home when they entertain an out-of-sorts Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
Leaving Goodison Park was always going to be emotional for Everton's men's team, but wins and clean sheets against Brighton (2-0) in the league and Mansfield (2-0) in the Carabao Cup has helped ease that transition.
Following victory at Wolves before the international break, the Toffees are now chasing a fourth win on the bounce across all competitions and beleaguered Villa could provide the ideal opposition.
Unai Emery's visitors are yet to win or score this season and head into this game following a deflating 3-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace last time out.
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Team news
Fresh from being named Premier League player of the month for August, Everton's Jack Grealish will be aiming to continue his fast start for the Toffees with another eye-catching display against his former club.
Merlin Rohl could be handed his Toffees debut after arriving on loan from Freiburg on deadline day, but Vitaliy Mykolenko is a doubt after pulling out of the Ukraine squad during the international break.
He could join Jarrad Branthwaite, Adam Aznou and Nathan Patterson on the sidelines.
Villa's high-profile new loan signings, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho, could both be involved, although the match may come too soon for fellow deadline-day recruit Victor Lindelof.
Matty Cash suffered a thigh injury on international duty and could miss out alongside ex-Everton pair Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley, who are both doubts.
Boubacar Kamara is also an injury concern while Andres Garcia will once again miss out.
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The stats
Everton have failed to win any of their last 12 Premier League matches against Villa, picking up just three points during that sequence.
The Toffees have failed to score in their last four home meetings with the Villans, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin their last player to do so in a 2-1 loss in May 2021.
David Moyes' side have won five of their last six Premier League games – a run stretching back to last season – while no team has accumulated more top-flight points since the start of May (16).
After registering two assists against both Brighton and Wolves, Grealish could become the first player in Premier League history to assist two goals in three consecutive games.
Villa have failed to score in their opening three league matches for just the second time in their history after also drawing blanks in three consecutive games at the start of the 1997-98 season.
Villa have won on four of their last five trips to Everton and have not tasted a league defeat at the hands of the Toffees since March 2016.
Last season's corresponding fixture ended in a 1-0 Villa victory, Ollie Watkins scoring the only goal of the game.
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Prediction
The form book suggests this should be an Everton victory, while recent history in the fixture leans towards a Villa success, that makes picking a winner difficult so it may pay to look at other markets for value.
The last two meetings between this pair on Merseyside have yielded just one goal, while backing no in the both teams to score market would have been a winning bet in each of their final four meetings at Goodison.
Everton have kept clean sheets in their opening two fixtures at the Hill Dickinson, while Villa are yet to score this season, a run that will surely end soon but perhaps not on Saturday.
More often than not, one or both these teams fail to score when they meet. Siding with that trend to continue on Saturday could be the best way to go.
