EVERTONA brilliant win for David Moyes and Everton who despite missing several first-team players have come to Villa Park and took all

Nathan Patterson has had a difficult time at Everton of late, and the fans have made a clear decision after his display against Aston Villa.

LIVERPOOL, England, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Arsenal ensured that they will spend Christmas top of the Premier League thanks to a 1-0 away win over Everton on Saturday, retaking first place after briefly being deposed by Manchester City, who beat West Ham United 3-0 earlier in the day.

Everton produced another superb performance on the road and secured a massive 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park.Thierno Barry scored the only goal of the game to prevent Unai Emery’s side from

It is, of course, hard to quantify how uncomfortable teams find playing at Hill Dickinson compared to Goodison, but Everton’s results there are undoubtedly poor. They are averaging 1.55 points per away game (ppg) this season compared with 1.33ppg at home. Moyes has spoken repeatedly about the need to improve that record.

There have been highs and lows for Everton this season. The Toffees, at times, have looked like a genuine threat to gatecrash the top six, but they’ve also fallen flat too often, which has kept them in the middle of the table as we head towards the top of the stretch.

Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes to his Brighton side after a 2-1 defeat at Fulham last time out. Georginio Rutter and Maxim De Cuyper return to the starting line-up as Olivier Boscagli and Diego Gomez,