• Aston Villa are chasing a 12th straight win at home

• Everton have won only one of their last seven

• Recommended bet: Aston Villa to win & both teams to score

Aston Villa have endured a couple of setbacks in recent weeks which has seen them fall off the fierce title pace being set by Premier League leaders Arsenal, but a home victory over Everton would see them leapfrog Manchester City into second.

The Villans should be buoyed by the fact that they have won their last 11 home matches and this looks a good time to be facing the Toffees, who have triumphed just once in their last seven games.

Unai Emery’s side have won eight straight Premier League matches at Villa Park, which includes accounting for Arsenal and City, so Everton have every right to be fearing the worst.

David Moyes’s squad is looking pretty stretched right now and they have failed to score in two of their last three away games, firing blanks at Chelsea and Burnley.

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Team news

Aston Villa have recently seen Donyell Malen depart for Roma while midfielders Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley are sidelined.

Emery’s side are also set to be without defensive protector Boubacar Kamara, who was forced off early on in last weekend’s FA Cup victory at Tottenham, but goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has been confirmed as fit to feature.

For Everton, the injuries have been piling up and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Carlos Alcaraz, Tim Iroegbunam, Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman are confirmed absentees.

Jack Grealish returns from suspension but Michael Keane is now banned and Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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The stats

Aston Villa have won their last 11 games at Villa Park and eight of those victories have come in the Premier League.

The Villans are unbeaten in all 13 of their Premier League games against Everton and have won the last four rivalries at home.

However, both teams have scored in nine of Villa's last 10 fixtures and they have kept only two clean sheets in 13 outings.

Everton have won only one of their last seven outings, a run which includes draws with bottom two Burnley and Wolves.

Since David Moyes returned to the club last year, Everton have won nine of their last 19 Premier League away games.

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Prediction

This should be plain-sailing for Villa, who have been in irresistible form at home since the start of September and have chalked up 11 straight wins in front of their passionate supporters.

Everton are on one of their worst runs of the season, winning only one of their last seven, and they crashed out of the FA Cup at home to Sunderland last weekend.

The Toffees are missing a number of influential performers, including Dewsbury-Hall and Ndiaye, so it is hard to see them halting Villa’s dominance.

That said, Emery’s philosophy of playing out from the back can sometimes lead to mistakes and, having conceded in 11 of their last 13 matches, Everton may be able to grab a consolation strike.

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