Season › 2022-23 › News Everton beat Villa in final warm-up match Lyndon Lloyd 21/12/2022 20comments | Jump to last As he was in the second exhibition game in Australia, Neil Maupay was on target in Everton's friendly win over Aston Villa Everton hosted Aston Villa in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Goodison Park and ran out 2-0 winners as the resumption of the Premier League programme on Boxing Day approaches. Anthony Gordon and Neal Maupay were on target for the Blues, who also gave minutes to the likes of Stanley Mills. Jordan Pickford, meanwhile, was in action following his exploits for England in Qatar, producing saves to deny Ludwig Augustinsson and John McGinn. Everton return to full competitive action on Monday when bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers come to Merseyside with new manager, Julen Lopetegui, taking charge of his first match since succeeding Bruno Lage before the break for the World Cup. Article continues below video content Toffees boss, Frank Lampard, will be hoping that his charges can hit the ground running having stumbled into the international hiatus with three successive defeats in all competitions. Reader Comments (20) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Kieran Kinsella 1 Posted 21/12/2022 at 18:42:22 Rob,Interesting it looks like our strongest line-up but they also mentioned Mills. Wonder of he started or was off the bench but maybe a sign we will see more of him in the coming months? Rob Halligan 2 Posted 21/12/2022 at 18:48:24 Kieran, I cannot find any information on the starting line-up, or details of any substitutions, but I assume most of the first-team squad were involved at some point or another. Peter Carpenter 3 Posted 21/12/2022 at 19:41:13 Breaking News: All Everton games for the rest of the season are to be secret, with only the final score revealed, 6 weeks after the game. Dave Abrahams 4 Posted 21/12/2022 at 20:54:48 Rob,There is a report on the Everton website has a number of players mentioned including two goalies, Pickford first half and Begovic in the second half. Patterson had a hand in the first goal with Iwobi and McNeil creating the second. Tarkowski and Mykolenko played, so a near enough first team, and Villa also had a strong team out. Kieran Kinsella 5 Posted 21/12/2022 at 21:44:22 Dave, it also has pictures of Gueye, Gordon. So other than Onana, I can't really think of anyone fit who was missing from the usual starters. Jeff Armstrong 6 Posted 21/12/2022 at 21:56:08 Just watched a video of Gordon's goal on twatter, Emi Martinez has obviously lost concentration on the goal 😂😂😂😂 George Stuart 7 Posted 21/12/2022 at 23:24:41 New manager syndrome, total reset.None of this please, Blue Boys.Put these numpties to the sword, pleeeeze! Jeff Armstrong 8 Posted 22/12/2022 at 07:27:40 Im hearing DCL played, good news if true. Also who partners Tarkowski v Wolves, Coady cannot play against his parent club. James Newcombe 9 Posted 22/12/2022 at 08:54:18 Diego Costa waiting for his first Wolves goal… You know it's coming! Derek Knox 10 Posted 22/12/2022 at 10:48:02 Neil Maupay seems to have found his scoring boots, let's hope he keeps wearing them in games that really matter, and we have quite a few on the horizon, that could determine how our final run-in pans out. Still think we need a foray into the Transfer Market, with some more deadwood and long-term sicknotes being thrown in, even as make-weights to get them off the books. Traditionally, the January Window is never really a good Market Place, but we have had a few gems in the past, so there is always 'hope'. A word that is always associated with us supporters, for far too long now. Pat Kelly 11 Posted 22/12/2022 at 10:51:13 Maupay scores, it's like a new signing. And Gordon showing he's worth £100k a week. Top six still on. Derek Knox 12 Posted 22/12/2022 at 11:01:27 Pat K, been gargling with mulled wine, and forgot to spit out ? Or attacking that bottle of Malt, while still in it's wrapper under the Christmas Tree ? Either way, I admire your optimism, which, I hope is shared by the players and Coaching Staff. 🎅🎉✨😜 Danny O’Neill 13 Posted 22/12/2022 at 11:06:43 That's the spirit Pat. I'll go for a more modest 7th and that new European competition.Derek. Gargling mulled wine (Gluhwein in German or Glogg in the Scandics). Stop putting ideas in my head. You know us ex military types can't resist a challenge or temptation!!! Derek Knox 14 Posted 22/12/2022 at 11:59:21 Danny, just found out I have a Ticket for Boxing Day. Will have to drive down as Trains off by the looks of things, hopefully meet you either at Oak or Dark House before. Assuming you are going of course, let me know because I still have your belated Birthday Present. Which will now also double as a Chrissie one too. :-) Charles Brewer 15 Posted 22/12/2022 at 17:07:42 I'm sure we can look forward to Calvert-Lewin having a bizarre accident involving a Christmas tree, Mina getting serious paper cuts from opening presents requiring 6 months out of the first team, Iwobi starting as a fourth player at centre-back, and a record number of passes between Pickford and the back line of nine in their own half. Maupay will be introduced to the rest of the team after the final whistle. Dale Self 16 Posted 22/12/2022 at 17:11:06 Yesssss!!!!! Behind closed doors like football should be played. Did they have those video pics of fans placed around the field like the early covid days? Gerry Quinn 17 Posted 22/12/2022 at 17:59:34 No crowds or TV at matches! Does that mean I can push my couch back against the Living Room wall and not have to hide anymore? Minik Hansen 18 Posted 22/12/2022 at 18:53:19 It's been some break from club football, huh? I'm just happy it was against a Premier League side, this behind-the-closed-doors game, and a win with a couple of goals – you must take anything good in these times. Doucouré out, bringing room for improvement at the front; please keep this good track goin'. COYB, always there for the club from Nuuk, Greenland. Merry Christmas everybody. Derek Knox 19 Posted 22/12/2022 at 21:23:12 Thanks Minik, the same to you friend an all the Greenlanders! (Well, the Blue ones :-) Matthew Williams 20 Posted 23/12/2022 at 14:19:53 Strangely, we always win the games that don't matter... still, at least Maupay scored! Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb