While the home side sit three points adrift of safety, Villa head into the West Midlands derby in 11th position after a goalless draw against Burnley earlier this week.
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The 66-year-old, who has been out of the game for two and a half years, has signed an 18-month contract, which is understood to have a break clause next summer.
The 52-year-old Croatian’s sacking comes with the side 19th in the table but on the back of an encouraging 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Tuesday
Denise Barrett-Baxendale, deputy chief officer of the club said: “On behalf of the Chairman, Board of Directors and Moshiri , I would like to thank Sam for the job he has done at Everton over the last seven months”.
Allardyce made the disclosure on Friday at a news conference, ahead of Sunday’s game at West Ham United.
The Saints were on course for a 1-0 win thanks to substitute Nathan Redmond’s first goal of the season, only for Tom Davies’s heavily-deflected shot to deny them right at the death.
The Blues head coach oversaw two draws and as many victories during the period in question, while Mourinho lost one match and guided his side to the final of the FA Cup.
The Toffees have won just one of their 15 away league games this campaign and boss Sam Allardyce has revealed he has put mind above matter this week.
A miserable afternoon was compounded for the out-of-form visitors when Ashley Williams capped off a poor personal performance with a red card in the closing stages as Everton were left with only one win from their last 23 Premier League away games
Dyche was linked with the vacancy at Goodison Park after Ronald Koeman was sacked last October, but Allardyce was chosen as the Dutchman’s successor.
Eliaquim Mangala and Seamus Coleman will be sidelined for Everton as they travel to Watford in the Premier League this evening
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The 20-year-old has managed just 24 appearances for the Toffees since his move from Charlton
Reports in the British media had claimed that Everton FC had targeted Silva in their quest to replace Dutchman, Ronald Koeman.
Walcott had been out of favour with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger for much of this season and has opted to move to Goodison Park in a bid to kick-start his faltering career
Spurs are just three points off the Champions League spots and will take confidence from their impressive 3-0 victory over Everton at Goodison Park earlier in the season
English Premier League side Everton, who have scored 24 goals in 20 league matches this season, recorded consecutive goalless draws in their last two fixtures against Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion.
The Blues had a few efforts saved off the line and opposition keeper Jordan Pickford also produced two big saves for a Toffees side without a shot on target to their name
Chelsea make the trip to Merseyside sitting comfortably in third position, but an away victory over the Toffees would take the West Londoners level on points with second-place Manchester United
Everton have revived their season after Allardyce took over last month, winning three of their last four English Premier League games to climb to 10th position.