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Aston Villa 0 – 0 Everton: player ratings

By Matt Townsend

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Michael Keane of Everton is challenged by Jack Grealish of Aston Villa during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park on May 13, 2021 in Birmingham, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Michael Keane of Everton is challenged by Jack Grealish of Aston Villa during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park on May 13, 2021 in Birmingham, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /
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Everton failed to win at Aston Villa tonight in another frustratingly underwhelming performance despite some good chances created that resulted in a 0-0 draw. So how did the players do?

Jordan Pickford

The Everton keeper didn’t have much to do in a match devoid of any real attacking quality and incidents and he wasn’t under much threat from an ordinary Villa attacking performance but he kept a clean sheet again, securing a point for the Toffees.

6/10

Mason Holgate

As I thought Carlo Ancelotti brought Holgate back for this match despite his terrible performance two weeks ago against this opponent. He was pretty solid in a defence that held firm and only allowed a couple of shots on target.

4/10

Michael Keane

Keane might have expected a tough time coming against Villa’s powerful centre-forward Ollie Watkins but he didn’t play and so instead he and the rest of the Blues defence faced Kieran Davis instead and Keane coped well enough.

5/10

Ben Godfrey

Everton’s deadline day signing had another very solid match and was probably the best player on the night. He defended well and had a good chance at the other end, but perhaps not surprisingly given he’s not a striker, he didn’t take it. Still a good effort again overall.

7/10 MOTM 

Lucas Digne

It was another sound, solid and consistent all-round performance from the French international without him pulling up any trees.

5/10

Seamus Coleman

The Irishman had a decent enough game he got forward quite a bit as always and worked hard and defended solidly in general.

6/10

Abdoulaye Doucoure

It was good to see the dynamic former Watford man back for the Blues tonight although he was understandably a little rusty after his layoff.

He was industrious and committed as always and might have been a contender for MOTM if he’d taken the chance he had too but again it was missed on a night when the Toffees fluffed a number of good opportunities.

6/10

Allan

Brazilian midfielder Allan was also decent enough and did his usual error-free job in central midfield back alongside his French team-mate Doucoure.

6/10

Gylfi Sigurdsson

The Icelandic player didn’t have much impact but he created a few chances and had one or two set-piece opportunities but again didn’t have much consistent influence.

5/10

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

The Blues striker huffed and puffed again and had a couple of opporuntites but couldn’t convert especially the first half header and was prevented by a last-ditch intervention from a great apparently simple chance for a tap-in that could have won it.

6/10

Richarlison

Once again the Brazilian was in and out of the match and like his striker partner had several chances and missed a great one to win it late on.

5/10