Tottenham Hotspur are placed 4th, while Aston Villa are hanging back 12 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur have scored 21 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Tottenham Hotspur travelled for their previous game, a trip to Brentford that ended 2-2. Spurs salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Brentford, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Højbjerg equalizing. Midfield player Højbjerg got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Højbjerg scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 68 total).
Ahead of that match, Tottenham Hotspur won a home game hosting Leeds United (4-3).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Spurs matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
Tottenham Hotspur are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Crystal Palace awaits in three days.
Goals are plentiful at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the league this season as Spurs has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. 11 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Aston Villa failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Liverpool (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-3. It is not a good sign for Aston Villa that their goalie Olsen managed six saves in the Liverpool fixture, but still couldn't stop a beating. Midfielder Luiz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Luiz served one assist, hit three key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 56 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Brighton & Hove Albion with the score of 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Villa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Goal fest? This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all having at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aston Villa as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (Tottenham Hotspur wins - draws - Aston Villa wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kane 13 goals |   D. Ings 5 goals |  P. Højbjerg 4 goals |
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Tottenham Hotspur | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.4 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 16.8 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 13.9 | 12.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aston Villa have scored away.
- Tottenham Hotspur have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
- Tottenham Hotspur have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
- Tottenham Hotspur have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 32 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Fulham | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Brentford | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Everton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 13 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 13 |
| 20 | Southampton | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
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