Ace Football previews the Premier League round 8 match between Tottenham and Aston Villa and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
When Aston Villa come to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the Premier League match on Sunday, Tottenham will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.
Tottenham are third in the Premier League standings after collecting 14 points from their initial seven encounters. The Villans trail them on nine points after seven rounds, leaving them as number 13 in the table.
Form: Tottenham vs Aston Villa
Tottenham Form
In their last three matches, Tottenham drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton before recording another draw with Bodo/Glimt in a 2-2 match and beat Leeds with a 1-2 scoreline. Tottenham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded ten goals.
Aston Villa Form
Aston Villa are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Fulham got left behind in a 3-1 win, before Feyenoord got hammered in a 0-2 victory. Burnley was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for Aston Villa. Aston Villa managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring six time and letting in three.
Betting stats and facts for Tottenham and Aston Villa
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Tottenham and Aston Villa played across all tournaments.
- In the last 6 Tottenham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Tottenham matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Tottenham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Tottenham home matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Tottenham home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Aston Villa away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Aston Villa matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Aston Villa matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 5 Aston Villa away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Aston Villa matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players on top: Tottenham vs Aston Villa
Joao Palhinha is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. The Villans look to Donyell Malen, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.
Popular markets: Tottenham vs Aston Villa
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium across all tournaments Tottenham won four times, drew three and lost three times. Aston Villa claimed three wins, five draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Tottenham scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Aston Villa scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Tottenham were able to win five of their matches last 10 matches without conceding a goal. Aston Villa have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with Tottenham when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Tottenham saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Aston Villa, who managed to score one time in those matches.