Fixtures
- Aston Villa Vs. Tottenham Hotspur – Sun, Mar 10th 2024, 13:00
At A Glance
Aston Villa go in search of a fourth consecutive Premier League win when Tottenham Hotspur visit Villa Park on Sunday.
Away successes against Luton Town and Fulham sandwiched a home triumph versus Nottingham Forest, helping to keep Villa five points above Spurs in the table.
Unai Emery’s team also secured a 0-0 draw in midweek in their Europa Conference League tie at Ajax.
Spurs, who were pipped to seventh spot by Villa last season, have had extra preparation time following a 3-1 win against Crystal Palace last weekend.
The north London side have lost only one of seven league matches in 2024, continuing their improvement under Ange Postecoglou.
Tottenham’s form away from home has been strong in the top flight this term and they’ve won five, drawn five and lost two of their 12 tilts on the road.
Standout Stats
Aston Villa have beaten Spurs in three successive Premier League meetings for the first time since a club record run of four from 1994 to 1996.
Tottenham are looking to avoid back-to-back away league defeats against Villa for the first time since 2004.
Aston Villa have won their past three league games, as many as in their previous eight attempts (D2, L3).
Tottenham have won only one of their past six away league games (D3, L2).
Villa’s tally of 59 goals scored in the Premier League this season is their second highest. They ended 2007-08 with 71 goals.
Spurs are on a club league record run of scoring in 38 consecutive matches, stretching back to a 1-0 defeat at Wolves on 4 March last year.
Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in 26 Premier League goals this season, the most of any player in the competition.
Tottenham have kept only one clean sheet in their past 17 Premier League matches.
Watkins’ 16 league goals so far this campaign is his best Premier League return, surpassing the 15 he scored last season.
Son Heung-min has been involved in 19 goals in his last 20 league appearances, with 13 goals and six assists.
Leon Bailey and Watkins have combined for seven league goals in 2023-24, more than any other pair.
James Maddison has 17 goals and 19 assists in his last 50 Premier League matches with Leicester and Spurs.
The Last Meeting
Villa came from behind to claim a superb 2-1 victory in a breathless and engrossing encounter at Tottenham Hotspur.
Ollie Watkins’ 12th goal of the season in all competitions just after the hour mark secured all three points from a high-tempo, end-to-end clash in north London.
Pau Torres’ header deep into first-half injury time levelled matters at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Giovani Lo Celso’s deflected opener in the 22nd minute.
Dejan Kulusevski and Leon Bailey both hit the woodwork while Heung-Min Son saw three efforts ruled out for Spurs for offside, as did Watkins following a VAR review.
Team News
Jacob Ramsey is a doubt heading into Sunday’s match, while Pau Torres and John McGinn are available.
Tyrone Mings, Emi Buendia and Boubacar Kamara remain sidelined.
Pedro Porro is fit to return to the Spurs squad for their visit to B6.
Tottenham will be without Richarlison, Fraser Forster, Ryan Sessegnon and Manor Solomon.
The Boss
“His (Ange Postecoglou) impact has been fantastic. As a coach, you try to analyse and understand tactically how they are being successful in their idea and how they are improving during the season. They have changed some tactical issues: defensively going man-to-man a lot, holding the line high and how they are taking their positions on the pitch. This a big challenge on Sunday about how we can stop them. We want to play with personality and showing our capacity, individually and collectively. I think every player is very excited to face them.” – Unai Emery
