The Australian international put the Toffees ahead on 23 minutes, when he found an inch of space inside the box to glance Leighton Baines' free-kick past Villa stopper Brad Friedel.

Villa replied on 72 minutes via Gabriel Agbonlahor but the impressive Cahill restored Everton's lead two minutes later when he converted Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's corner.

The Villains, though, claimed a point when Phil Jagielka put the ball in his own net in injury-time.

The goals took Cahill's campaign tally to nine.

In Turkey's Kupasi, Mile Jedinak's Antalyaspor won 1-0 over Trabzonspor on the night, but lost 2-1 on aggregate to bow out at the semi-final stage. Jedinak played a full game in the victory.

The former Central Coast midfielder also went close to scoring on 27 minutes when he fired in a powerful shot from outside the box which forced a good save out of the Trabzonspor stopper.

Moments later, Jedinak glanced a header narrowly wide from a Tita corner.

In Switzerland's Super League, Scott Chipperfield started and played 89 minutes as FC Basel came from two goals behind to defeat St Gallen 3-2 to close to within three points of leaders Young Boys with six games to play.

In Norway's Tippeligaen, Jade North put in a full shift for Tromso IL as they drew 1-1 at Viking. North got a start after Mohammed Ahamed was ruled out with injury forcing a re-shuffle.

In Croatia's Prva HNL, Josip Skoko's Hajduk Split moved up to third after beating Istra 1-0. Skoko played a full game.

In Denmark's Superliga, goalkeeper Nathan Coe's Randers FC continued their form as they try to avoid the drop, beating Silkeborg 3-1. Coe, though, did not play.

In Scotland's First Division, Simon Storey played a full game as struggling Airdrie United defeated Raith Rovers 3-0.

Over to Asia, in Japan's Nabisco Cup, Matthew Spiranovic played a full game in defence for Urawa Reds, picking up a booking, as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Vissel Kobe.

Elsewhere, Eddy Bosnar along with nine other Shimizu S-Pulse starters from the weekend were given a rest as they drew 0-0 with Montedio Yamagata.

In Asia's Champions League, Joel Griffiths was dangerous but couldn't break through in Beijing Guoan's 0-0 draw with Melbourne Victory in Group E.

Joel played the full game while his brother, Ryan Griffiths, was not in the squad.

Elsewhere in Group E, Sasa Ognenovski did not play for Seongnam Ilhwa against Kawasaki Frontale and his absence told as the Koreans lost 3-0.

Meanwhile, Aussie defender Michael Beauchamp was an unused sub for Al Jazira who lost 4-2 at Al Gharafa in Group A.