Aston Villa against Tottenham Match Overview
Tottenham will want to avoid crashing with two cups in the space of four days while they will face Aston Villa at the fourth round of the FA Cup.
The Spurs held an advance of 1-0 on Liverpool from the first stage of their semi-final of the Carabao Cup, but were crushed 4-0 in Anfield on Thursday and see another opportunity for a trophy to pass them to Villa Park would grab Pressure on Postcogloud Angel even further.
Postcoglou said after Thursday’s defeat: “I receive the battery for the moment. It is really easy for people to stick their boots and question players – but I do not question.
“We were disappointed last night, we did not do it as we wanted and we did not perform at levels – but that does not define this group of players in my eyes.
“We are an easy brand right now. Obviously, making a semi-final is an absolute disaster because we have not played well. I guess not to make a semi-final would have put us in a better place.
“I have a lot of belief in these players, what they live and how they take care of him.”
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– Tottenham Hotspur (@Spursificial) February 6, 2025
Villa themselves lick their injuries with a disappointing defeat towards the rivals of the wolves the last time, but they had a full week to recover and hope that their burst of new signatures gives them a boost against the Northern Londoners.
Marcus Rashford was the signature of January’s marquee after participating in Manchester United, Unai Emery also reinforcing his team with Marco Asensio, Donyell Malen, Axel Disasi and Andres Garcia.
The Spurs have won their last two games against Villa by a global margin of 8-1, including a 4-1 victory over the Emery team in November. Since then, however, they have only won three times three times in the league.
News from the Villa V Spurs team
Rashford is online to make his debut at Villa in the cup and could even start at the front after striker Ollie Watkins was excluded for the Villans after having left half-time against Wolves.
He joined Tyrone Mings, Pau Torres, Matty Cash and Ross Barkley on the absent list, with a new disasi signature that also missed Chelsea in the third round.
Asensio could also make his debut at Villa after his move from PSG, while Malen could add to his two appearances to the villa so far.
Tottenham has no return players for the match, with Richarlison the last to join their huge list of injuries.
This means that Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Wilson Odobert, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison, Micky Van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Cristian Romero, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson all miss.
Mathys Tel, who replaced Richarlison very early in Liverpool, could make a first departure after his move from Bayern Munich.
Villa V Spurs Lines expected
Aston Villa: Olsen; Garcia, Konsa, Kamara, Maatsen; Tielemans, Onana; Asensio, McGinn, Ramsey; Rashford
Tottenham: Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Bissouma, Bentancur, Bergvall; Kulusevski, tel, son
Villa V Spurs – Statistics
- In the last 7 Aston Villa Home Matches in FA Cup, the sum of the goals was greater than 2.5
- Aston Villa lost 6 of the last 7 Home matches in the FA Cup while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Aston Villa lost 6 of the last 7 Home matches in FA Cup and the sum of the goals was greater than 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Aston Villa corresponds to the sum of goals greater than 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Aston Villa Home Matchs The sum of the goals was greater than 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Tottenham corresponds to the sum of goals greater than 2.5
- In the last 7 Tottenham Matches in FA Cup, the sum of the goals was less than 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Tottenham Matches in FA Cup, the sum of the goals was less than 1.5
- In the last 4 Tottenham outside corresponds to the sum of goals greater than 2.5
- In the last 4 Tottenham outside the FA Cup matches, the sum of the goals was less than 3.5
How to watch Villa V Spurs
The match starts at 5:35 p.m. and is available for research in the United Kingdom on BBC One, as well as in broadcasting on BBC Iplayer.
Prediction Villa V Spurs
The Spurs have won over nine of their last 10 trips to Villa, but that would not count much when the Postcoglou men arrive with low confidence and figures.
The villa is not exactly in great shape but are undefeated in 11 consecutive home games in all competitions. The additional rest should see Villa win the victory, which would leave the Europa League as the last chance of the Spurs for a trophy.
Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham
