Aston Villa v Tottenham predictions and betting tips

Tottenham have their sights set on the European places and travel to face an Aston Villa facet desperate to pull away from the relegation mix

Aston Villa have the possibility to place some respiration space between themselves and the relegation locations once they host Tottenham in certainly one of Sunday’s afternoon kick-offs.

Dean Smith’s males go into the game sitting in seventeenth place on 25 factors, one point clear of the underside three.  

Tottenham are having fun with a solid run of kind having gone three league video games unbeaten before seeing off Southampton within the FA Cup. Their last league outing saw them document a formidable 2-0 win in opposition to Manchester City and another three factors at Villa Park would see them transfer to within some extent of fourth-placed Chelsea. 

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur predictions and odds

Odds are right at the time of publishing and are topic to change.

Jose and Son put Spurs back on track

After a slight wobble initially of the yr, with defeats towards Southampton and Liverpool and a draw at Watford, Spurs have discovered their feet again.

José Mourinho’s honeymoon period was brought to an abrupt finish after a run of 4 Premier League games and not utilizing a win before the victories over Norwich and Manchester City steadied the ship.

Son Heung-min has been forced to carry much of the burden for targets within the absence of the injured Harry Kane and the South Korean has risen to the challenge.

A goal in each of his final 4 outings in all competitions have been vital to Tottenham’s recent upsurge and the 27-year-old shall be looking to cause Villa problems as soon as once more this weekend, having scored in his previous outing towards the West Midlands outfit within the FA Cup in 2017.

Son is 31/20 to score at any time towards Villa and the more adventurous could presumably be wanting on the 5/1 on supply for the Korean to be first goalscorer on Sunday.

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Villans of the piece

The hosts should buck the pattern if they’re to get one over on Mourinho’s aspect this weekend, having lost 10 of their final eleven conferences with Spurs in all competitions, the exception being a 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane in 2015, when Christian Benteke scored Villa’s winner.

Villa have been a tough nut to crack at residence for much of this season and so they definitely won’t go down without a battle on Sunday. Only as soon as this season, in a goalless draw against West Ham back in September, have Smith’s side failed to score a goal at home.

With that in thoughts and Tottenham’s spectacular report towards Villa, Spurs to safe the three factors and Villa to also get on the scoresheet looks appealing at 12/5.

Goals on the playing cards in this one

There should be no shortage of goals as Spurs look to proceed their profitable run and secure Champions League football for next season as soon as once more.

Son, Lucas Moura and Dele Alli have the tempo and motion to cause issues for a Villa defence that have not stored a clear sheet since their 1-0 win over Norwich City on Boxing Day.

Villa have also struggled for goals from their strike department this season, that means efforts from defence and midfield have needed to get them out of trouble on numerous events.

Douglas Luiz and Tyrone Mings popped up for the 2 objectives in Villa’s final Premier League victory, a 2-1 win over Watford last month.

While Spurs are more assured on the again, they’re nonetheless greater than able to being exposed in defence as Southampton have found, scoring in all four of their four league and FA Cup meetings with Spurs this season. 

Expect objectives in this one on Sunday, with 17/10 available for over 3.5 objectives in the contest.

Last five league results

1 Feb Bournemouth 2 Aston Villa 1 L

21 Jan Aston Villa 2 Watford 1 W

18 Jan Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Aston Villa 1 D

12 Jan Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 6 L

1 Jan Burnley 1 Aston Villa 2 W

2 Feb Tottenham 2 Manchester City zero W

22 Jan Tottenham 2 Norwich City 1 W

18 Jan Watford zero Tottenham zero D

11 Jan Tottenham 0 Liverpool 1 L

1 Jan Southampton 1 Tottenham 0 L

Last five meetings

10 Aug 19 PL Tottenham 3 Aston Villa 1

8 Jan 17 FAC Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 0

13 Mar 16 PL Aston Villa zero Tottenham 2

2 Nov 15 PL Tottenham three Aston Villa 1

11 Apr 15 PL Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 1

Aston Villa group information and predicted line-up

Aston Villa shall be without long-term absentees Wesley, Tom Heaton and John McGinn but Danny Drinkwater might return along with Ezri Konsa.

Aston Villa predicted line-up (3-4-3): Reina; Konsa, Mings, Hause; Guilbert, Douglas Luiz, Nakamba, Targett; El Ghazi, Samatta, Grealish

Tottenham group information and predicted line-up

Argentinian duo Erik Lamela and Giovani Lo Celso might be assessed ahead of the journey to the midlands while Ben Davies might return to the squad but Harry Kane and Moussa Sissoko are nonetheless out.

Tottenham predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Tanganga; Gedson Fernandes, Winks; Son, Alli, Bergwijn; Moura

All odds inside this text appropriate on the time of publishing and are topic to vary.…