Everton 0-2 Aston Villa: Three Takeaways

In Sean Dyche's fourth outing as Everton boss, we saw his team get the better of visitors Aston Villa for much of the match, yet still wind up on the negative side of a 2-0 scoreline. The statistics all told much the same tale: an xG (Expected Goals) for the Blues of 1.71 compared to 1.15 for Villa (excluding the penalty), 15 shots to nine, 59.2% of the host's passes being in the opposition half, in comparison to 29.9% for the West Midlanders. The new Blues boss has made major strides in fixing many of the problems that plagued the side under Frank Lampard.