Aston Villa vs Everton team news: Emery and Moyes name lineups in Premier League

Unai Emery and David Moyes have named their starting lineups and substitutes for this afternoon’s Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park.

The Villans have the opportunity to rise to second in the standings today after Manchester City suffered a shock 2-0 defeat away at Manchester United on Saturday. Emery’s side can also close the gap to leaders Arsenal, after the Gunners dropped points in a 0-0 draw away at Nottingham Forest.

Everton, meanwhile, have the incentive of moving back into the Premier League top half. The Toffees have won just one of their last five league outings, but a victory today would see them rise from 12th up to 10th, leapfrogging Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham.

Emery has opted for three changes from the 2-1 FA Cup win away at Tottenham Hotspur, as Emiliano Martinez, Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins come in for Marco Bizot, Boubacar Kamara and Donyell Malen. Everton, on the other hand, have swapped out two of their starters from the FA Cup penalty shootout defeat to Sunderland. Jack Grealish is in the XI.

Aston Villa vs Everton lineups

Without further ado, here’s how both sides shape up in full.

Villa XI (4-2-3-1): Martinez (GK); Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen; Bogarde, Tielemans; McGinn, Buendia, Rogers; Watkins.

Villa subs: Bizot (GK), Wright (GK), Lindelof, Digne, Garcia, Mings, Hemmings, Guessand, Jimoh-Aloba.

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford (GK); Patterson, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko; Garner, Rohl; McNeil, Armstrong, Grealish; Barry.

Everton subs: Travers (GK), King (GK), Beto, Dibling, Coleman, Aznou, Welch, Campbell.