Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa: Premier League – BBC Sport

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa: Premier League – BBC Sport
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa: Premier League – BBC Sport

Tottenham have lost three of their last four Premier League meetings with Aston Villa, though did win the last such match 4-0 in March. They’d only lost two of their previous 21 against the Villans (W16 D3).

Aston Villa have won three of their last four Premier League away games against Tottenham (L1), including the last two in a row under Unai Emery. They last won three consecutive away league games against Spurs between 1922 and 1924.

Tottenham have lost nine of their last 16 Premier League games (W6 D1), with only Wolves (12) losing more since the first game in this run in April. Spurs had only lost seven of their first 31 games under Ange Postecoglou (W18 D6).

Tottenham have conceded the first goal in 11 of their 13 home Premier League matches in 2024 but have come back to win seven of those games. The only team with more home wins when conceding first in a single year are Newcastle United in 2002 (8).

Only Liverpool (13) and Nottingham Forest (11) have won more away Premier League points this season than Aston Villa (10 – W3 D1). Villa have only won as many as four of their opening five away league games in a season once before, doing so in 2020-21 (W4 L1).

Aston Villa have won nine of their 13 away Premier League games in London under Unai Emery (D3 L1). That 69% win ratio is the best by a manager at a single club in away games in London in Premier League history (min. 10 games).

Only two of Tottenham’s last 71 home Premier League games has ended as a draw (W47 L22) and they are the only side without a home draw since the start of last season (W16 L7).

Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min has been involved in nine goals in eight Premier League games against Aston Villa (6 goals, 3 assists), though all six of his goals against them have come at Villa Park. No player has scored more against an opponent without netting a home goal in the competition.

In 2024, Aston Villa have scored the most Premier League goals from subs (10) and have the most goals and assists combined from subs (10 goals, 7 assists). It is the joint most sub goals they’ve scored in a single year, also netting 10 in 2023.

Tottenham have scored 49 goals in 23 home Premier League games under Ange Postecoglou. The only manager to hit 50 goals in 24 or fewer home games with Spurs is Antonio Conte (50 in first 20).

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