Everton will welcome Aston Villa to Hill Dickinson Stadium for the second Premier League fixture staged at their new home on Saturday afternoon.
The Toffees are high in confidence after two eye-catching wins before the international break, but for Unai Emery’s Villa, it has been a nightmare start to this point.
After taking just one point in the month of August across their last three seasons combined, Everton are in the lofty heights of fifth, with six points, after back-to-back wins before the international break.
David Moyes’s men beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the first competitive fixture here at their new home, and followed it up with a rare win away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, averting a late scare to win 3-2.
Jack Grealish was the star of the show with another brace of assists, after also managing that feat against Brighton, and he will seek to continue that against his boyhood club this weekend.
Only two clubs have ever won their first two Premier League matches when moving to a new home, but with five wins in their last six league outings, Everton will feel they can add to that list.
That is as many wins as Everton managed in the 21 games prior, and no club in the division has taken more points than them since May (16).
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