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Sutton's predictions: Liverpool v Evertonpublished at 18:33 BST 19 September
18:33 BST 19 September
Everton have started the season well. Jack Grealish has given them that creative spark on the ball and Beto is a tireless runner up front.
On top of that, you know David Moyes will make them hard to break down too.
Liverpool left it late again against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and I do wonder how much that game will have taken out of them.
They still have plenty of options in their squad and, while they haven't been at their best, they keep on finding a way to win. That's what I think will happen again here.
Moyes on Keane 'headache', Merseyside derbies and Slot's spendingpublished at 14:07 BST 19 September
14:07 BST 19 September
Millie Sian BBC Sport journalist
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David Moyes discusses Everton and the Merseyside derby
Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Liverpool at Anfield (kick-off 12:30 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalii Mykolenko are "making progress", after picking up a hamstring issue and a groin injury respectively, so their availability will be assessed.
There are also "a couple of other knocks in camp" but he didn't expand on who had been affected.
On if Michael Keane's recent performances have given him a bit of a headache at centre-back: "I hope the players I give the opportunities to can hang on to their jersey. Michael has done great for us in the games he has played, so long may that continue."
He admitted that he does not particularly enjoy Merseyside derbies as a manager, stating: "This has always been an incredibly difficult fixture for me because I've always come up against really good Liverpool teams. I think it's easier if you're the team that has the stronger squad, but we're up against it so we have to go there and fight for everything."
However, he sees the positive in the fixture being early on in this season's calendar because it will give the squad "a chance to see where we are against certainly one of the top teams".
He praised Arne Slot's impact at Anfield: "He has done a brilliant job. They have gone out and bought some top players, which has strengthened them again. They have definitely looked to improve even more than last season."
While accepting Liverpool are "entitled to spend" after winning the Premier League and competing in the Champions League, Moyes highlighted: "They have spent more on one player than we have our whole squad. I don't think that's our biggest issue though, but it's just having that realism about where both clubs are at the moment."
He also noted the Reds have shown "some vulnerability" in conceding goals this season so the Toffees' plan is to "try to take advantage" of those moments, adding: "We played them last year at Anfield and lost to an offside goal, so we want to try to run them close again and maybe this time it will go in our favour."
On the motivation for his players: "We certainly want to get away from the position we have been in over the last few years."
Moyes said his vision is to "play better, win more often and challenge all the big teams".
Why Rooney 'hated' Merseyside derbypublished at 08:40 BST 19 September
08:40 BST 19 September
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Wayne Rooney said he "hated" Merseyside derbies during his time at Everton.
The former England captain played seven times against the Reds, six in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup but was never on the winning side.
Speaking on the Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney said: "I hated it. The build up to the game, the whole week, was horrible. Being around the training ground, and as an Evertonian, getting ready and preparing for the game and all the staff around the training ground who are Evertonians.
"You feel sick because you're just thinking, if you lose the game again, Liverpool will rub it in your face.
"And when I actually went back the second time to Everton, I got all the TVs turned off so there was nothing on about the game, just to try and forget about it that week really and go into the game not worrying too much about it.
"It's a massive game and a game, if you win, there's no better feeling.
"I actually never won a derby. I think I played seven derbies, and I didn't win any. So I've never experienced it."
Why has Everton's academy had little success?published at 15:53 BST 18 September
15:53 BST 18 September
Giulia Bould BBC Radio Merseyside reporter
On our 'Ask about Everton' form, we received a question asking why Everton's academy has not been particularly profitable in recent years.
BBC Radio Merseyside's Giulia Bould gives her thoughts below.
The Everton academy under David Moyes during his first spell was a hive of talent.
The likes of Wayne Rooney, Ross Barkley, Leon Osman and Tony Hibbert all came through its ranks but in recent years, it has failed to find many players.
Tom Davies, now at Championship Sheffield United, made it to the senior side while Anthony Gordon, who went to Newcastle in an acrimonious departure, is probably the most high profile academy product for some time.
When Moyes returned in January 2025 he found the academy had been stripped of its identity as a result of financial problems and a revolving door of managers.
In April, Moyes told me his bigger plan was to get back into the youth ranks to create that bridge to the senior side once again.
"I have always wanted to know about the young boys and who is coming through," he said. "I hugely want to go and be proud of the academy
"There is nothing I want more than my under-18s and under-21s to be winning, being successful and be producing players."
"I think it is part of your job as a manager to develop them but there will be things we need to change in time."
Currently, Harrison Armstrong is the brightest prospect. Moyes rates the young midfielder who is now on-loan at Preston and there is a feeling he will be a key part of Everton's first team going forward.
The other issue for the academy has been its failure to find an adequate right-back, adding to the issues replacing 36-year-old Seamus Coleman.
Roman Dixon came close but after making his debut at Spurs in August 2024, he fell out of favour quickly and was in the under-21 team that won the Liverpool Senior Cup this May, playing against community club, Lower Breck.
Now, after surgery and what looks to be a lengthy period of recovery, the right-back is unlikely to feature at all in the first team this season.
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'A club moving in the right direction' - but will it be enough on derby day?published at 12:30 BST 18 September
12:30 BST 18 September
Mike Richards Fan writer
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The dread and anxiety that occupies an Evertonian's mind during derby week is all too familiar and seemingly never subsides from season to season.
So often, we take the still relatively short trip in hope rather than expectation, with the apparent curse that encases our once home still very much alive.
With the manager's appalling record at Anfield - combined with the club's - you would be forgiven for thinking this weekend's renewal of rivalries will go the same way as so many others in recent times.
However, this Everton feels far removed from many of those sides that have gone before.
It may simply be misplaced enthusiasm and early-season vigour, but indications point to an Everton side that carries serious attacking threat, with a sprinkle of genius thrown in for good measure.
Given the newly acquired attacking talents of Jack Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, combined with the fleet-footed and ever-dangerous Iliman Ndiaye, there is a belief this Everton attack can ask questions of most, if not all sides in the league.
We have looked for a moment of magic or piece of individual brilliance at Anfield on so many occasions - and on so many occasions we have simply fallen short.
Defeat has so often felt inevitable after falling behind, but now that is not the case.
Saturday's outcome will not define our season. Our opponents have spent £450m in one transfer window, which simply cannot be ignored.
Fans are not getting carried away - and the hype train certainly has not left the station - but there is a restored belief among fans that we are a club moving in the right direction.
Whether it will be enough on Saturday remains to be seen, but when fans and players are aligned, magical things can happen.
Gossip: Everton consider Reguilon as full-back optionpublished at 07:10 BST 17 September
07:10 BST 17 September
Everton may enter the free transfer market for a full-back if their injury problems continue. (Football Insider), external
They considered a move for Sergio Reguilon over the summer alongside West Ham and Nottingham Forest, with the 28-year-old Spain full-back a free agent after leaving Tottenham.
'This is a different type of Everton - one that plays to win'published at 12:27 BST 16 September
12:27 BST 16 September
Briony Bragg Fan writer
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At the end of match four last season, Everton were at the bottom of the Premier League with zero points after four straight defeats.
So to be on seven points, feeling incredibly disappointed for the draw with Aston Villa (who had beaten us 3-2 last year after we were two goals up) shows the enormity of the progress that has been made in such a short space of time.
Villa may be on a disappointing run at the moment, but on paper they are a great team, littered with international players with a fantastic manager. It really is just that lack of quality up front holding Everton back.
Beto, for all his hard work, looks like he will never be without his faults, and Thierno Barry is much still a work in progress. It was good to see Merlin Rohl get his first minutes in, and though they were not utilised, some good options on the bench in Tyler Dibling and Carlos Alcaraz will likely be used for the Carabao Cup game at Wolves in a couple of weeks.
It really was a much better performance than that produced against Brighton, in a game which the Toffees won 2-0.
This is a different type of Everton, who are not trying to hang on to the point in these types of games but who continue to push for the win, and realistically - just play to win.
It sounds bizarre but it is something we have not seen for years. Our previous form at Goodison Park was testament to that.
If the team continue to play in this manner, we are in for a great season.
Everton 0-0 Aston Villa - the fans' verdictpublished at 08:34 BST 15 September
08:34 BST 15 September
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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Everton and Aston Villa.
Here are some of your comments:
Everton fans
Steve: Another good performance, creating quite a few great chances, unfortunately we do not have a centre-forward who will take these chances! Beto just isn't good enough - his finishing is woeful! I'm not convinced Thierno Barry will be any better. I would have taken a punt on Jamie Vardy.
Greg: We did OK but we miss the killer instinct. Should have got Vardy for a season. He would have scored but it's a work in progress. Most players played really well. Idrissa Gueye is unbelievable. Thought David Moyes may have given Tyler Dibling 20 minutes. Save him for next week.
Lee: The perils of not getting a striker in. Beto does his best but should have finished at least two of those chances! Two points dropped in the end.
Blue: It shows how far we have come under Moyes that the result is slightly disappointing. Villa are a decent side and the miss early in the game could have changed everything, but it let us down. Michael Keane played really well, as did the rest, so we should grab the point and go again. It's only Liverpool next!
Villa fans
Matt: Another lacklustre display. Grateful to come away with a point. Starting to worry about where the goals are going to come from.
Peter: I am not sure where a win is coming from. I think the problem is midfield. If we do not get a win in our next home game I can see that we will be in a relegation fight. The truth is that the forwards are not getting enough chances. Delivery into the box is poor. There is no doubt that the players on the pitch on Saturday should be doing better.
Cassie: It's a game best forgotten, and Villa were lucky to have got a point. Emiliano Martinez saved Villa from a loss in a game of no creativity and no sign of improvement from our last match. Harvey Elliott must start the next game, and Ollie Watkins could find himself on the bench. Already, Villa are in a relegtion battle - not going to be a good season.
Adam: More fight and organisation about Villa. Martinez back to his best. Forward players were toothless. Unai Emery needs to stop shoe-horning John McGinn and Morgan Rogers into the team and have the nerve to drop one of them.
Analysis: Everton pay for missed chancespublished at 18:04 BST 13 September
18:04 BST 13 September
Phil McNulty Chief football writer
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Everton and their supporters were left frustrated after dominating Aston Villa on Saturday but failing to turn superiority into another three points.
Beto is an honest trier as a striker and his attitude cannot be faulted, but he falls short of the class Everton require to turn the creation of Jack Grealish and Iliman Ndiaye into consistent end product.
The gifted pair probed throughout, with Beto holding his head in anguish when he wasted that big early chance, while Grealish's cross twice created chances for Michael Keane, his first header saved superbly by Emiliano Martinez. The defender could not stretch enough to turn in a second opportunity.
Everton, despite only securing a point, can take heart from the manner in which they exerted control over Villa, with 20 shots to six, that lack of finishing adding to the frustration around Hill Dickinson Stadium, although that was aimed mainly at referee Simon Hooper in a stop-start game.
It is also a sign of raised expectations at Everton that a draw was not regarded as satisfying result, but there was plenty to encourage manager David Moyes.
Everton 0-0 Aston Villa: What Moyes saidpublished at 18:04 BST 13 September
18:04 BST 13 September
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Everton boss David Moyes spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's draw with Aston Villa: "If anybody was going to win it, I thought it was us on our performance today. We did so many good things in the game, and we just couldn't get that finishing touch.
"I think a manager's job is to raise expectations, that is part of it, but everybody here is aware of where we came from. We are trying to recreate and rebuild in a new stadium.
"We just couldn't get that goal."
On Jack Grealish: "It is certainly making us more excited at the moment. Jack is giving us great balance and it is giving the whole team confidence. Hopefully, we can continue that."
On chances missed: "I have said many times we don't buy £70m strikers or whatever you might expect. We have two good centre forwards who are learning their trade. Beto has been fantastic, he got a couple of chances and didn't score.
"I don't know any strikers in the league who don't go through periods where they don't score."
Did you know?
Everton (111) and Aston Villa (110) have featured in more 0-0 draws than any other sides in Premier League history.
Only Everton vs Liverpool (12) has finished 0-0 in the Premier League more often than Everton vs Aston Villa, with today the ninth goalless draw between the sides in the competition.
Everton v Aston Villa: Team news published at 14:05 BST 13 September
14:05 BST 13 September
Everton make one change to the side that started their 3-2 Premier League win at Wolves before the international break. Tim Iroegbunam comes in for the injured Vitaliy Mykolenko.
Aston Villa make four changes to the side that lost 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace in the league before the international break.
Emiliano Martinez unsurprisingly returns in goal, while Emiliano Buendia, Lucas Digne and Lamare Bogarde also come in for Marco Bizot, Donyell Malen, Ian Maatsen and Evann Guessand.
Victor Lindelof, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho all start on the bench.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne McGinn, Tielemans, Buendia, Watkins, Bogarde, Rogers.
You can also listen to today's 5 Live Premier League commentaries on most smart speakers. Just say "ask BBC Sounds to play Everton v Aston Villa" or "ask BBC Sounds to play Newcastle v Wolves", for instance.
Sutton's predictions: Everton v Aston Villapublished at 11:03 BST 13 September
11:03 BST 13 September
What a great game this is for Jack Grealish against his old club.
He has been on fire for Everton since joining them from Manchester City, and it is great to see him playing with a smile on his face. He has been the real creative spark for them this season and if he carries on this form he will be well and truly in the mix to make the England squad for next summer's World Cup.
So much has changed about Everton since David Moyes lost his first game back in charge against Villa, at Goodison Park in January, and not just that they now have a new ground.
You just sense that, with Grealish and Iliman Ndiaye, they have the attacking threat now that they had lacked for a long time. They will be full of belief, against an Aston Villa side who badly need a positive result after their slow start to the new campaign.
The obvious prediction, based on form, is to back Everton to win but I actually don't think Villa will keep on losing.
They are under-performing and also maybe bought a few players in a bit of panic at the end of the transfer window - Jadon Sancho, Harvey Elliott and Victor Lindelof all joined on deadline day - but Emery will get a tune out of his team sooner or later.
Everton v Aston Villa: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 19:23 BST 12 September
19:23 BST 12 September
Matthew Hobbs BBC Sport journalist
Everton resume Premier League proceedings flying high at fifth in the table against an Aston Villa side who have an excellent record against the Toffees but are still searching for their first goal of the season.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the key themes before their meeting at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.
In-form Everton
Everton return to Premier League football having picked up more points than any other club since the start of May (16) and won two games in August – as many as they managed in that month over the past four years.
Opponents Aston Villa, on the other hand, have endured a difficult start.. They sit in the relegation zone with one point from three games and the ignominy of being the only club in the top four English tiers yet to score a goal.
So are Everton worthy of their lofty position early in the season and are Villa playing as badly as it seems? The truth, as is so often the case, is somewhere in the middle.
Jack's back
Everton's excellent start has been built around the return to form of Jack Grealish, who faces his former club.
The England international has already provided two assists in each of his two Premier League starts for the Toffees, having done so on only two occasions in his previous 191 appearances in the competition.
The form of fellow new arrival Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has helped. He already averages more chances created per 90 of any Everton player since the start of last season, while no English player has created more chances in the Premier League in 2025-26 than Dewbury-Hall's eight. Not a bad way to start off a campaign with a World Cup at the end of it.
But the Blues' biggest boon is an improved efficiency in front of goal. In 2024-25, they ranked 18th for open-play goals (25). In this campaign, they have scored seven in their past three games in all competitions.
The new-found ruthlessness of David Moyes' side means they are outperforming their expected points total more than any team other than Liverpool, according to Opta data based on chances created and conceded.
Conversely, Unai Emery's Villa are suffering from something of a hangover following their European exploits last season, failing to find the net in all three top-flight outings so far.
The lack of goals is not for a want of trying. The Villans have had the same number of shots as Liverpool this season (33) – and the Reds are the Premier League's leading scorers on eight goals.
However, the West Midlands club are being undone by widespread wastefulness despite getting into good positions.
But if ever there was a fixture in which Villa's fortunes may change, it is this one.
They have won four of their past five Premier League visits to Everton (D1), keeping a clean sheet in their past four.
It is Villa's longest ever run of away league clean sheets against one opponent.
Everton have failed to score in their past four home Premier League games against Villa and Moyes' men will be hoping that a change of venue from Goodison Park to the Hill Dickinson Stadium also results in a change of fortunes in this particular contest.
Everton open to signing Grealish after loan - and believe £50m price may droppublished at 18:19 BST 12 September
18:19 BST 12 September
Giulia Bould BBC Radio Merseyside reporter
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Life at Everton could not be much better for Jack Grealish. After admitting he fell out of love with football, he has started a new romance with the Toffees.
The feeling is clearly mutual. Everton would be open to signing him permanently when his loan ends and believe his price tag could drop considerably.
Manchester City have a rough value of £50m but this is unlikely to be the real cost come next summer.
By then the midfielder would be almost 31 and have just a year left on his deal.
The feeling around Blues bosses is they can negotiate a low figure and hang on to their newest hero if he continues to impress.
It is felt Grealish only had eyes for Everton early on in the transfer window, even when Moyes initially told him he would have to start on the bench.
As the complexities of the loan move were finalised, talks went long into the night and, when chief executive Angus Kinnear was unable to get home to put his son to bed, Grealish called him to apologise and assure the little boy he would become an Everton player soon.
Moyes on injuries, Grealish and 'huge game' against Aston Villapublished at 14:46 BST 12 September
14:46 BST 12 September
Alex Fletcher BBC Sport journalist
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Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
In terms of team news, Moyes confirmed Jarrad Branthwaite "is getting closer" but it will be "a few weeks" until he returns.
He added: "We've got a concern about Iliman Ndiaye - he's got a knock and we don't know how he'll be for tomorrow. Myko's [Vitaliy Mykolenko] around, hopefully he might be OK."
Moyes said he was "really pleased" for Jack Grealish after he won the Premier League player of the month award for August, adding: "He's worked incredibly hard and he's looked after himself in the summer to come back with the right mindset to produce for us. It's just the start for Jack and hopefully there's a lot more to come. It's not down to me, it's down to Jack Grealish."
Moyes said the club will "do everything they can" to get Jordan Pickford to sign a new contract.
On new signing Merlin Rohl: "I've been pleased with what I've seen, I have to say. He is another young boy coming in from a different league, but he'll be able to handle it. I've no doubt about that."
On Saturday's opponents, who have had a slow start to the season and are without a league win or goal: "I've got great respect for Aston Villa and great respect for the manager and what they've done in the past few seasons. Regarding their league position, they've done a fantastic job. It's a huge game for us."
You can also listen to 5 Live Premier League commentaries on most smart speakers. Just say "ask BBC Sounds to play Everton v Aston Villa" or "ask BBC Sounds to play the Everton game".