After a couple of successive 1-0 victories, Sean Dyche suffered a first home defeat as Everton manager with Aston Villa triumphing 2-0 at Goodison Park.
The Blues looked the more likelier to open the scoring until a challenge from Idrissa Gueye on John McGinn in the box led to a Villa penalty that the in-form Ollie Watkins converted.
Substitute Emiliano Buendia then completed the scoring to leave Everton back in the bottom three.
