Aston Villa v Everton: Will the real Villa please stand up?
What is going on at the Villa? Since losing James Milner to Manchester City, Villa have been thrashed by Newcastle United 6-0 and dumped out of the Europa League by Rapid Vienna for the second year running. It’s all a far cry to the joyous scenes on the opening day following their comfortable opening day win over West Ham.
Two weeks ago some Villa fans were going “Martin who?” now Randy Learner must act swiftly to get a new manager in place before their season falls apart before it has properly begun.
Their visitors this weekend Everton have made another poor start to the season and David Moyes is desperate to get his first win of the season under his belt. The Toffees were surprisingly beaten by Blackburn Rovers on the opening day then held to a 1-1 draw with Wolves last weekend, and their record at Villa Park does nothing to breed confidence.
The visitors have managed just one win at Villa in the Premier League era but only a late Phil Jagielka own goal denied them all three points last year. Moyes will be hoping to put things right this time round.
These two sides have served up some entertaining goalfests in the past few years and I see no reason why that shouldn’t continue this weekend, although the majority of the Panel seem to believe the points will be shared.
Aston Villa v Everton; Kick off 4pm 29 Aug 2010
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Don McMahon |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Aston Villa |
Lynette Ranson |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Birmingham |
Steve Coulter |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Blackburn |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Blackpool |
Phil Trow |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Bolton |
Dave Blackburn |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Chelsea |
Joe Tyler |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Fulham |
Russell Goldman |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Liverpool |
Mark Williams |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Man Utd |
Peter Lee |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Newcastle |
Michael Stout |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Stoke City |
Philip Eccleston |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Tottenham |
Dave Nash |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
2 |
V |
1 |
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West Ham |
Nigel Telfer |
3 |
V |
2 |
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Wigan |
Alan Moore |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Wolves |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
1 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Paul Grech |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Ham fan |
Matthew Beeby |
2 |
V |
2 |
Panel Verdict
It looks as though the points will be shared again.
Home: 6; Away: 5; Draw: 17.
* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!
