Football match preview: Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Premier League: Two contenders in reasonable shape get together for this fixture. Tottenham Hotspur might have a slight advantage with their 4th position in the standings?

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League

Both teams have had time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Aston Villa form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Aston Villa have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games. Aston Villa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gerrard and the players.

Villa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. Midfield player McGinn got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. McGinn hit four key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Arsenal (0-1).

Aston Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Aston Villa have conceded 21 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

The visitors are W7-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur had fun at their own home (Villa Park) last time out, beating Newcastle United 5-1. Bergwijn, Son, Doherty, Royal and Davies scored. Son, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Son scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 27 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs West Ham United.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spurs have scored 21 goals in 15 league games away. Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Aston Villa wins - draws - Tottenham Hotspur wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. Kane loves to meet Villa and have scored 7 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
14 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
12 goals
Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
8 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 6 15 30
11 5 0 Won W 3 7 17
3 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
16 6 4 Lost L 2 6 10
42 24 3 Scored S 9 21 52
42 21 10 Conceded C 9 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
77% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 77%
60% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 60%
27% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 37%
13% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 23%
50% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 40%
30% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 37%
20% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 27%
 
5.2 4.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 5.2
5.9 6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.9
2.3 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.7 11.6 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.4 13.1
3.8 3.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.3 5.3
37% 44% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 33%
 
12.4 11.6 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.1 13
4 4.1 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 17 3 10 52 37 15 10 1 4 31 17 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
5 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
6 West Ham United 31 15 6 10 51 40 16 9 3 4 29 21 15 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
7 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
9 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
11 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 30 7 10 13 33 54 14 4 6 4 20 25 16 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 28 7 4 17 30 49 14 6 1 7 19 19 14 1 3 10 11 30 -19 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 17 3 10 52 37 15 10 1 4 31 17 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
5 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
6 West Ham United 31 15 6 10 51 40 16 9 3 4 29 21 15 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
7 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
9 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
11 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 30 7 10 13 33 54 14 4 6 4 20 25 16 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 28 7 4 17 30 49 14 6 1 7 19 19 14 1 3 10 11 30 -19 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.