Opta Stats: Everton v Aston Villa

Will Roberto Martinez point his Everton team to victory over Aston Villa?

Hovering just outside the relegation zone, Everton are in desperate need of a win when they face Aston Villa. Opta rates their chances.

Everton have lost only one of their last 11 Premier League meetings with Aston Villa (W3 D7). The draw is 4.216/5.

Gabriel Agbonlahor has scored seven Premier League goals against Everton; more than versus any other side. Agbonlahor is 4.57/2 to score.

Agbonlahor has scored in his last two Premier League appearances at Goodison Park and overall he's scored four Premier League goals there - only at Villa Park (31) has he scored more. He is 11.010/1 to score the first goal.

Five of the last seven Premier League meetings between these two sides in Liverpool have ended in a draw, with three of those ending 2-2. A repeat of that scoreline is 18.5n/a.

Villa have lost three successive Premier League matches without scoring a single goal. Everton are 2.767/4 to win to nil.

The last time that Aston Villa failed to score in four successive Premier League games was in November 2013. They are 1.635/8 to break their barren run with a goal.

Paul Lambert has never won a Premier League game against a side managed by Roberto Martinez (D3 L3). Everton are 1.618/13 to score.

Aston Villa have only had 10 shots on target in their seven Premier League games so far this season. Sergio Aguero (12) and Diego Costa (16) have managed more than this on their own. Everton are 2.47/5 to not concede.

Leighton Baines has assisted more goals (3) and created more goalscoring chances (16) than any other Premier League defender this season. Baines is 6.05/1 to score himself. 

Aston Villa have won 32% of matches with Ron Vlaar in the side since he joined on the eve of 2012-13 (20 of 62), compared to 14% of games without him (3/21). With Vlaar set to return to the Villa side after injury, his side are priced at 6.611/2 to win.