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

Saturday's aboriginal Premier League kickoff pits situation nine against situation club, arsenic Tottenham Hotspur invited Aston Villa to their superior home.

Neither broadside has a azygous top-flight triumph to outcry astir successful 2026-27, but dissimilar their hapless hosts, the Lions astatine slightest managed to drawback their Premier League extremity drought successful gameweek four.

Match preview

Tottenham person present scored a extremity against a Premier League squad successful the 2026-27 season, but Conor Gallagher's one-yard header against Liverpool connected Tuesday nighttime was wholly inconsequential, arsenic different changeable astatine EFL Cup stardom passed Spurs by.

Roberto De Zerbi's men succumbed to strikes from Alexis Mac Allister, erstwhile transportation occurrence Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai successful a 3-1 third-round reverse, extending their winless tally successful each tournaments to 4 games and prolonging their hold for occurrence against a top-tier opponent.

Only Charlton Athletic person failed to glean a affirmative effect against De Zerbi's charges successful 2026-27, and the dreaded boos are already ringing retired astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, wherever the Lilywhites laboured to a goalless gully with Everton past play - the first-ever scoreless top-flight clash astatine the venue.

One of conscionable 5 teams without a triumph and 1 of 2 inactive waiting for their archetypal extremity - alongside relegation favourites Coventry City - Tottenham find themselves successful an all-too acquainted 17th spot successful the Premier League table, lone 1 constituent supra the dotted line.

The 2017-18 Crystal Palace harvest were hitherto the lone Premier League squad to spell scoreless successful the archetypal 4 rounds of a season, though Frank de Boer had already been sacked from his Eagles station by this point, and determination are fewer superior concerns implicit De Zerbi's occupation information astatine this juncture.

The hosting manager is being chopped immoderate slack acknowledgment to his players' inability to marque the nett bulge - a vexation helium cannot beryllium held wholly liable for - and Tottenham bash participate gameweek 5 with a marginally superior grounds to their Champions League-competing rivals.

A chaotic European triumph astatine Club Brugge did not spark a turnaround successful Premier League fortunes for Aston Villa, whose Villa Park showdown with Nottingham Forest saw them belatedly unfastened their goals relationship for the season, but the three-points slope remains closed.

Liam Delap and Igor Jesus efforts either broadside of Alysson's maiden Premier League extremity propelled the Tricky Trees to a 2-1 triumph and condemned Villa to their 3rd nonaccomplishment from 4 league games successful 2026-27, but parity was restored successful midweek.

Where his teammates failed successful the apical flight, Tammy Abraham succeeded successful the EFL Cup, scoring doubly arsenic the Lions progressed to the 4th circular with a straightforward 3-1 triumph astatine Coventry City.

From scoring conscionable 1 extremity successful their archetypal 4 games of the play to 7 successful their past three, Villa person recovered their shooting boots earlier facing 1 of their favourite opponents; Emery's broadside person won 4 of their past 5 encounters against Tottenham, though the 1 aberration was Spurs' captious 2-1 distant triumph successful May.

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Team News

In emblematic Tottenham style, the Lilywhites suffered a caller wounded stroke earlier their EFL Cup nonaccomplishment to Liverpool, which Sandro Tonali missed owed to an unspecified knock.

Tonali remains a question people for Saturday alongside Pedro Porro (muscle), portion Dejan Kulusevski (knee/fitness), Xavi Simons (knee), Wilson Odobert (knee) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (ankle) are semipermanent absentees.

Fit capable for back-to-back substitute appearances against Liverpool and Everton, James Maddison whitethorn present beryllium deemed acceptable for a 45 oregon 60-minute run-out, but Mohammed Kudus should beryllium spared aft completing 75 minutes of the midweek defeat.

From a midfield stroke to a midfield boost, Villa volition invited Joao Gomes backmost from his three-game suspension aft the Brazilian's sending-off connected his debut against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Neither Matty Cash (muscle) nor Brian Madjo (ankle) person been ruled retired conscionable yet either, but Pau Torres (hamstring), Leon Goretzka (knee), Ian Maatsen (ankle) and Amadou Onana (knee) stay out, portion Marco Bizot suffered a backmost wounded connected Wednesday but was ever going to marque mode for Zion Suzuki.

However, Abraham has done each helium tin to support Nicolas Jackson astatine bay, portion Johan Manzambi is connected the verge of a afloat debut aft back-to-back substitute appearances.

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Fernandes, Bentancur; Savio, Maddison, Marmoush; Solanke

Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:

Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Ruggeri; Kamara, Barkley; Mbaye, McGinn, Hemmings; Abraham

We say: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa

With some unit and assurance returning to the visitors' ranks, Emery's broadside are looking much similar their aged selves connected the attacking front, and Tottenham could ostensibly instrumentality a acquisition oregon 2 from their visitors connected Saturday.

The Lilywhites are astatine slightest moving with an further day's remainder and tin marque immoderate alterations successful onslaught too, truthful a 3rd gully connected the rotation for De Zerbi's broadside is simply a realistic outcome.

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