Aston Villa will face off against rival Everton on Saturday, placing two of the English Premier League's closely followed teams against each other.

Aston Villa, coming out of a 0-0 tie with Hull City, is expected to be the favorite in the match.

Aston Villa Manager Paul Lambert said it is time to get tough on racists who criticize the team's diversity.

"I think the players followed him off. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had Manchester City walked off in a game of that magnitude," he said, according to Sky Sports.

"If it had been Villa...there's still no place for it and if my players had done it, I would have backed them. No matter whether we were winning, drawing or losing at the time. There's no place for it."

Everton, coming out of a 3-1 loss to Manchester CIty, is slated as the underdog in the match but is rumored to give Aston Villa a good game.

Everton Manager Roberto Martinez said player Gareth Barry has nothing to fear from referees, according to the Daily Post.

"He's got incredible experience and he  knows how to play the game. He was very unfortunate at the weekend. I don't think his challenge  on Danny Graham was  even a free kick," he said.

"He wins the ball and was unfortunate that  his studs got Danny's  knee - it wasn't malicious at all. The other one was an  incident where he  would have won the ball  on a dry pitch. On a wet  pitch the foot went over  the ball and unfortunately caught the player."

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