On February 25, one of the matches of the 25th round of the English Football Championship took place. Everton (Liverpool) and Aston Villa (England) met.
Championship of England, 25th round
Everton (Liverpool) — "Aston Villa" (England) — 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: O. Watkins (63), E. Buendia (81)
Warnings: Onana (2), Ducoure (75), E. Martinez (77)
On Saturday, Everton and Aston Villa met at Goodison Park in the Premier League. There were no goals in a decently balanced first half, and the result of the first half was 0:0. There was a bit more action in the second half, with both teams bringing in new players. Aston Villa replaced Lucas Bailey with Aitor Moreno in the 61st minute and Lucas Digne with Amy Buendia in the same minute.
Everton replaced Darnell Gray with Alex Iwobi in the 70th minute and Neil Maupey in place of Elton Simms just six minutes later. The game began to turn in favor of Aston Villa when Ollie Watkins converted a penalty in the 63rd minute. Buendia stepped up and converted a penalty to give Aston Villa the lead. A few minutes later, Andre Ducourt received a yellow card for a foul on Martinez. Anu Onana from Everton was then replaced by Tom Davies. However, Watkins sealed the win in the 86th minute and made the final score 2-0 to Aston Villa.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Nottingham Forest - Everton, Aston Villa - Crystal Palace.
| Everton | Aston Villa | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | shots on target | 5 |
| 15 | blows | 9 |
| 3 | Blocked punches | 0 |
| 13 | Kicks from the box | 4 |
| 2 | Kicks from outside the box | 5 |
| 12 | Violations | 12 |
| 4 | corner | 1 |
| 1 | offsides | 0 |
| 47% | Ball possession | 53% |
| 2 | yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Goalie saves | 4 |
| 344 | Total transfers | 416 |
| 268 | Accurate gear | 326 |
| 78% | Gear Accuracy | 78% |