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All You Need To Know: Aston Villa vs Everton

· Aston Villa lost 2-0 to Swansea in their last Barclays Premier League game

· Stiliyan Patrov covered the most ground for Villa in that game with 5.95 miles, the seventh time he has topped the charts for most distance covered for Villa this season

· Villa defender Richard Dunne has been the subject of recent transfer speculation after an impressive start to the season winning 61 tackles, and making 44 clearances and 76 interceptions

· Darren Bent is another Villa rumoured to be on his way out of Villa Park. The England striker has scored six goals so far this season from 25 efforts at goal, with 60% on target and a conversion rate ofaround one in four chances

· Everton are back in action after playing their rescheduled Barclays Premier League game against Spurs on Wednesday night. The Toffees lost 2-0 that night covering 58.01 miles in the process

· Tim Cahill covered the most ground with 6.22 miles, while loan signing Landon Donovan put in another impressive shift with 6.1 miles (the second highest after Cahill)

· Cahill is yet to score in the Barclays Premier League this season, despite 26 efforts at goal with 14 on target. Only three players have had more efforts at goal without scoring this season.

Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

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