The most played top flight fixture in the history of the English game.
Between the two teams that have finished 5th and 6th respectively in the last two seasons.
And it's still consigned to the Match of the Day graveyard slot!
But at least Evertonians know that they can get lasties in at the pub and still make it home to see highlights!
Anyway, as in the past couple of seasons, there was nothing between these two and, in spite of the pundits convincing themselves that Spurs will finally come good and Man frigging City are now one of the elite, there's no reason why these two shouldn't be contesting for the European slots and - whisper it - Liverpool's place in the top four.
Everton made three changes to the side that were defeated in midweek by Tottenham and the reintroduction of Jospeh Yobo and Leighton Baines into the Everton back four instantly made the Blues look a more solid unit.
And it was Everton that started the brighter of the two teams, playing some neat football, the kind of which we've come to expect over the past few seasons.
But despite making Villa look uncomfortable Everton were restricted to one long range effort that was easily saved by Brad Friedel and an off target header from Yakubu from John Heitingas lofted cross.
Villa then had the best chance of the half with Stephen "my only regret about leaving Liverpool is that I never did it sooner" Warnock volleying narrowly wide from ten yards out.
Then, just as we thought we'd be going in 0-0 at half time, Tim Cahill chased a long ball down the flank and outmuscled Richard Dunne to whip a cross into the Villa area.
Yakubu failed to control the cross but the ball fell kindly to Diniyar Bilyaletdinov who comfortably slotted home to give Everton the lead.
So spirits were high as the second half kicked off, we had a one goal lead and had not really let Villa get at us at all.
Both Gabriel Agbonlahor and the intensly irritating Ashley Young being contained by a much more assured looking backline.
But this Everton defence has had more lapses than a Catholic schoolgirl and so it proved again just two minutes after the break.
The otherwise faultless Lucas Neil went missing on the right and the ball was whipped into the Everton box towards Agbonlahor.
His shot was parried by Tim Howard but only as far as John Carew who netted his customary goal against the Blues after being on the pitch for just two minutes.
Everton were briefly rattled by this setback but no Benfica-style collapse ensued and the Blues regained their composure and control of the game for large parts of the second half.
Louis Saha came on for the ineffective Marouane Fellaini as David Moyes went for the win but the one chance the Frenchman had he sliced wide.
So the game was to finish all square and both sides ended the match with ten men after Bilyaltdinov and Carlos Cuellar - who has taken Matthew Upson's title as wearer of the best Greek-God-style beard - were both sent off at the death.
Neither side can really complain with either decision as Bilyaletdinov's challenge, whilst not malicious, was late and two-footed and Cuellar's crude challenge on Yakubu was deserving of a second yellow card no matter how much Martin O'Neill asserts that he won the ball.
He didn't!
Get off!