Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur - prediction, team news, lineups

On other ends of 1-0 scorelines during their astir caller encounters, Champions League-chasing Aston Villa and relegation-battling Tottenham Hotspur conscionable astatine Villa Park successful Sunday's Premier League contest.

The Lions instrumentality to home enactment aft a narrow nonaccomplishment to Nottingham Forest successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League semi-final, portion Spurs' one-goal triumph astatine Wolverhampton Wanderers saw the Lilywhites belatedly triumph a Premier League crippled successful 2026.

Match preview

In betwixt Joao Palhinha's close-range victor against Wolves and Callum Wilson's last-gasp onslaught for West Ham United against Everton, Tottenham fans rejoiced successful the champion 4 minutes of their Premier League play successful 2026 - 4 minutes successful which their broadside were retired of the relegation zone.

The Irons' melodramatic 2-1 triumph implicit the Toffees means that it is inactive arsenic you were successful the Premier League table, wherever the 18th-placed Lilywhites are 2 points beneath Nuno Espirito Santo's side, but the flicker of endurance anticipation for Spurs is present shining that small spot brighter.

Four points from their past 2 Premier League games is arsenic galore arsenic the visitors had managed successful their erstwhile 13 top-flight matches earlier that, and Roberto De Zerbi's playing benignant is already having a large impact; Spurs are averaging much pressed sequences and possession won successful the last 3rd per crippled than they did nether Thomas Frank oregon Igor Tudor.

Consigning their 15-game Premier League winless tally to history, Tottenham tin present gain back-to-back top-flight victories for conscionable the 2nd clip this season, aft overcoming Burnley and Manchester City during the opening 2 gameweeks of the campaign.

Furthermore, lone six teams person collected much Premier League points connected the roadworthy than Tottenham this season, arsenic the Lilywhites person won 23 of their 34 connected rival territory; eerily, they person besides scored and conceded 23 goals distant from location too.

Unable to replicate Tottenham's 1-0 distant triumph successful either the Premier League oregon Europa League, Aston Villa participate gameweek 35 astatine hazard of suffering 3 consecutive losses successful each tournaments - a destiny that has not befallen them erstwhile successful the existent season.

Ex-Spurs full-back Ryan Sessegnon made the telling publication successful past weekend's top-flight reverse to Fulham, earlier Chris Wood's spot footwear enactment Forest up astatine fractional clip successful their Europa League semi-final, which resumes successful beforehand of a fervent Villa Park ambiance adjacent Thursday night.

The Lions' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via Europa League occurrence present hinge connected a second-leg comeback, but arsenic the hosts are 8 points wide of sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion successful the Premier League, a top-five decorativeness could beryllium sealed connected Sunday.

Indeed, Villa volition beryllium guaranteed to play successful the 2026-27 Champions League if they bushed Tottenham, Brighton driblet points against Newcastle United and Bournemouth neglect to bushed Crystal Palace, and their four-game winning tally connected location ungraded stands them successful precise bully stead.

Coincidentally, the Villans person besides prevailed successful each of their past 4 matches against Tottenham crossed each competitions, including a brace of 2-1 distant triumphs successful the league and FA Cup earlier this season.

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Team News

Even though Tottenham won astatine Wolves, it would not person been a Spurs crippled successful 2026 without immoderate benignant of catastrophe striking, and past weekend's devastating infinitesimal was Xavi Simons suffering a season-ending and World Cup-crushing ACL injury.

The Dutchman - whose superior occupation comes conscionable arsenic helium was opening to thrive successful De Zerbi's strategy - is 1 of 2 caller blows for the Lilywhites, who person besides mislaid Dominic Solanke to a hamstring interest that could regularisation him retired for the remainder of the play too.

Mohammed Kudus (thigh), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Wilson Odobert (knee), Cristian Romero (knee), Ben Davies (ankle) and Guglielmo Vicario (hernia) stay connected the sidelines, but Destiny Udogie - absent astatine Molineux with a sound - is astatine slightest backmost successful contention.

Also beset by a caller wounded setback, Aston Villa mislaid Amadou Onana to a calf wounded against Forest connected Thursday evening, conscionable a fewer days aft the midfielder was forced to miss the decision to Fulham with a genu concern.

Emery has confirmed that the Belgian volition beryllium absent connected Sunday, though helium could not connection a betterment timeline, portion Boubacar Kamara (knee) is the hosts' lone different wounded worry.

With a top-five decorativeness astir acceptable successful stone, Emery whitethorn take to prioritise the Europa League and reshuffle his resources connected Sunday, offering starts to the likes of Ian Maatsen, Jadon Sancho and Onana's apt replacement Lamare Bogarde.

Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:

Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen; Tielemans, Bogarde; Bailey, Rogers, Sancho; Watkins

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Palhinha; Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison

We say: Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

The losses of Solanke and Simons whitethorn not beryllium fatal for Tottenham, arsenic the former's replacement Richarlison is connected 13 extremity contributions for the Premier League season, and Spurs person evidently been galvanised by De Zerbi's methods.

As Villa person 1 oculus connected the Europa League and person been recovered wanting successful beforehand of extremity successful their past 2 games, the visitors could assertion a hard-earned point, albeit 1 that volition not beryllium capable to resistance them to safety.

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