These are troubled times for Aston Villa, so they take their positives where they can, even the qualified ones: they owed their point at Everton to a goalkeeper who was trying to leave them two weeks ago.

Aston Villa will look to kick-start their season when they go to Everton this afternoon. Unai Emery’s side have taken just a single point so far and have yet to score with their latest performance – a 3-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace before the international break – surprisingly poor.

Beto missed two big chances for the Toffees; Jack Grealish impressed against his former side; Villa are still yet to score a goal or win a game in the 2025/26 season

Unari Emery's side have failed to score in their first three games - should they be worried? What has happened?

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The Toffees have won in different ways, blanking Brighton 2-0 and outlasting Wolves 3-2, but a unifying thread has been the exemplary play of Manchester City loanee Jack Grealish. The England international and Aston Villa hero has four assists in his two starts en route to this meeting with his childhood club.

Aston Villa had a terrible start to the new season, managing only 1 draw and 2 losses in their first 3 matches, and more embarrassingly, they had scored 0 goals in those 3 matches. This put immense pressure on Emery.

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Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery says goals will come for his side, as they went a fourth-consecutive Premier League match without a goal following a goalless draw at Hill Dickinson Stadium.