Can Grealish inspire Everton?
After three poor results in seven days at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton may not mind getting out on the road.
Under David Moyes, the team won nine away matches in 2025. Only Villa, Arsenal and Crystal Palace registered more.
Villa have not been a good match-up for Everton since their return to the top flight in 2019 though. The Toffees have not won any of the past 13 meetings in the Premier League.
Emery and his team are formidable at Villa Park too. Villa have won 23 and drawn four of their last 28 matches there; it’s the best home record of any team in Europe since the beginning of last year.
Moyes will be looking to former Villa captain Jack Grealish for inspiration, as he’ll be without Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Grealish, who joined the Villa academy as a six-year-old and made 213 appearances for the club, is available again after a suspension. He is yet to score in any of his five appearances against his boyhood club for Manchester City and Everton. He has been booked in his last three games against them though.
