Douglas Luiz is the first player to be booked as he pulls back an opponent. Everton have a free kick with James Garner finding Amadou Onana completely free in the box but the whistle goes for a foul, with John McGinn obstructed inside the box.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at Villa Park

Heart-in-mouth moment there for all Evertonians but thankfully for them Dominic Calvert-Lewin is back on his feet and can carry on.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is back up on his feet, he rubs his cheek but appears OK to continue. Everton will be keeping an eye on him.

Andy Hinchcliffe
Former Man City and Everton defender on Sky Sports

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Calvert-Lewin is never reaching the ball but feels he can. His momentum takes him into the goalkeeper; purely accidental.

Horrible collision.

The medical staff are being very thorough with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, checking his cheek, which is bleeding.

Neal Maupay is sent to warm up.

Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

They'll miss Tyrone Mings - Pau Torres is a good defender, but he has to get up to the speed of the Premier League.

I think he [Tyrone Mings] is a good defender, he has formed a good partnership with Ezri Konsa.

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Emi Martinez and Dominic Calvert-Lewin clatter into each other as they challenge for a cross and Sean Dyche looks a bit concerned as Calvert-Lewin stays down.

Again Everton hit it long with Abdoulaye Doucouré trying to find the run of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. However, Emi Martinez charges out of his area to clear and start an Aston Villa counter, which ends with Moussa Diaby firing well over.

Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

The first game of the season Neal Maupay missed a lot of chances and so did Abdoulaye Doucoure.

If you can keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin fit Everton will be fine this season.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at Villa Park

This is a tremendous ground and the atmosphere is bouncing for the first home game of the season.

Unai Emery, who has done a remarkable job since replacing Steven Gerrard, is being serenaded by the home faithful.

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A bit of risky playing out from the back by Aston Villa but they get away with it.

Everton, meanwhile, have been quite direct when they've got the ball, quickly hitting it long.

It is two corners in quick succession for Aston Villa but nothing comes of them and Everton break, with Alex Iwobi's ball into the box cleared.

Aston Villa show they mean business early doors as Ollie Watkins squares, it is behind one team-mate but Lucas Digne runs onto the loose ball to smash a shot against James Garner and behind for an early corner.

The home side get things under way.

The Aston Villa players line up for their team photo with shirts showing messages of support for the injured Tyrone Mings.

Villa Park is one of my favourite grounds for atmosphere and their first home game of the season sees the players walk out to huge noise.

The Villa players are walking out with their children alongside them.

Ashley Cole
Former Chelsea and Arsenal defender on Sky Sports

It'll be a difficult game for Villa but I'm looking forward to seeing what they do today.

Losing Tyrone Mings, Emi Buendia and Jacob Ramsey is tough.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at Villa Park

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The Everton players will be wearing black armbands today in memory of Michael Jones, life-long Blues supporter who was fatally injured on Monday while working at the club's new stadium.

There will also be an applause in the 26th minute.

I know not everyone is a fan of xG stats but it is interesting to see just how wasteful Everton were against Fulham last week.

The Toffees had an xG of 2.73 in their 1-0 defeat, their second-highest expected goals total in a Premier League game under Sean Dyche.

It was the highest expected goals tally by a team who failed to score since Newcastle against Crystal Palace in September 2022 (2.83).

Will they be more clinical today?

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Aston Villa faced 13 shots on target in their loss to Newcastle in their opening league match of this season, their most in a Premier League game since December 2012 vs Chelsea (15).

In his 563 matches managing in Europe’s top-five leagues, Unai Emery has only seen one of his teams face more in a game once, with Barcelona having 15 shots on target against his Valencia side in February 2012.