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Emiliano Buendia scored the only goal as Aston Villa earned a 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park.
Villa dominated early on and went close through Buendia before the Argentinian gave Villa the lead in first-half stoppage time.
Buendia glanced in a fabulous header from a corner by former Everton player Lucas Digne for his second league goal of the season.
Duncan Ferguson, in his second spell in charge as Everton caretaker manager, almost saw his team produce an equaliser on 61 minutes, but Ben Godfrey's header was cleared off the line by Tyrone Mings.
Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin both headed over in an improved second half for the hosts, while Demarai Gray blazed an effort over as Everton fell to a third successive league defeat.
The Toffees are four points above the relegation zone in 16th with 19 points. Villa go 10th on 26 points.
See: Everton report | Aston Villa report
Next fixtures
Everton: 8 Feb v Newcastle (A)
Aston Villa: 9 Feb v Leeds (H)
Match officials
Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Richard West. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: John Brooks. Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan.
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