Both Aston Villa and Everton are looking for their first points of the season following their opening day defeats to Newcastle and Fulham, respectively.
Despite being tipped for big things this term, Villa started with a 5-1 loss at Newcastle and need to recover quickly. Unai Emery has added a lot of quality to the squad over the summer, but players still seem like they're gelling and getting to grips with the Spaniard's system.
Everton had multiple chances to score against Fulham last weekend, but failed to capitalise on any of them. A lack of a goalscorer could really haunt them this campaign if they fail to bring a new body in or keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin fit, but Sean Dyche will inevitably keep the side resolute regardless.
Aston Villa's luck on the injury front has gone from bad to worse. Just a week after losing Emi Buendia to a serious knee injury, Tyrone Mings then suffered the same fate in the defeat to Newcastle last weekend. Alex Moreno, Leander Dendoncker, Bertrand Traore and Jacob Ramsey are all ruled out for Villa, too.
Everton, meanwhile, have Seamus Coleman, Jack Harrison and Dwight McNeil all out, though Sean Dyche is hopeful of their return in September. Dele is also missing for this game.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Douglas Luiz; Bailey, Diaby, McGinn; Watkins.
Anthony Taylor will be the referee for Aston Villa vs Everton. His assistants will be Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn, with Robert Madley the fourth official. Darren England is the VAR, with Timothy Wood the assistant VAR.
Stadium
Aston Villa vs Everton will be played at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham, which has a capacity of 42,640.
In the US, kick-off time is 9am ET / 6am PT. The match will be shown onNBC in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
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Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Premier League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and TNT Sports are the two main players, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2023/24.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing all 380 games in the season. A fuboTV subscription also lets you watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2023/24 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
