Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Everton and Aston Villa.

And once again Baines is caught offside as Villa's compact defence continues to hold firm.

Benteke the latest man to be penalised for offside. This game punctuated by a series of stop-start moments.

A pretty forgettable opening 30 minutes. Little or nothing happening. McGeady's shot the only moment of any note.

Vlaar unloads a volley from long range. Was very ambitious. The finish miles over the bar.

Bertrand with a decent ball in, but Holt can't land on the end of the delivery as Jagielka applies the clearing header.

Mirallas clearly offside as he set off far too soon. Everton toiling to break down this Villa side, whose game plan working well so far.

Dangerous moments for Villa, but this time McGeady's shot doesn't have the pace to trouble Guzan who makes a comfortable stop in the end.

Villa looking to break at speed, but Jagielka is quickly back to make a superb sliding tackle on Benteke.

Everton are winless in their last seven Premier League home matches against Aston Villa (D5-L2).

Barkley tries to unearth some neat attacking work, but he just overdoes the dribbling as he falls over seconds later.

Everton earn a corner, but Baines sees his delivery cleared by the Villa defence. Poor outcome from that attack.

Offside flag goes up against Baines after he set off too early. All a bit frustrating for the Everton fans.

Villa looking to go long at every opportunity to pick out the head of Benteke. All a bit predictable. Distin seems wise to that ploy.

But it is all a bit slow and predictable as Stone takes out Bertrand with a late challenge. Guzan can hammer this free-kick long.

Holt is penalised for a late challenge on Barkley. Everton look to go again.

Everton with the chance to go back above Spurs into fifth spot in the table with a win here.

Both sides seem to be cancelling each other out in the final third which will suit Villa more than Everton.

Jagielka taking no chances as he launches a ball long from deep with Holt trying to latch onto a cross. Nothing of great interest happening at the moment.

Jagielka taking no chances as he turns to drill a loose ball into the stands. Benteke trying to make himself known. As you would expect.

Rain looks as though it will never relent. Baines picks up the ball before turning to knock it back to Distin.

Villa bouyed by their recent 2-2 draw at Liverpool. So well capable of taking something from this contest this afternoon.