Aston Villa won this exact fixture 2-0 last season, last beating Tottenham Hotspur in consecutive home league games in May/November 2004.

Tottenham Hotspur have lost six of their last 10 Premier League games against Aston Villa (W4), more than they had in their previous 34 against the Villans (W19 D10 L5).

None of the last 21 Premier League meetings between Aston Villa (7 wins) and Spurs (14) have finished level. Only Chelsea v Crystal Palace (26 between September 1997 and February 2024) has had a longer run with no draws in the competition’s history.

Aston Villa have won just two of their previous seven Premier League games (D1 L4), suffering as many defeats as in their prior 24 matches (W15 D5), though could win three in a row at home for the first time since January (run of eight).

Spurs ended a 15-game winless run against Wolves last time out (1-0) and could record successive victories in the Premier League for the first time since their opening two matches of this season against Burnley (3-0) and Manchester City (2-0).

36.9% of the chances Aston Villa have created in the Premier League this season have come through the middle third of the pitch, the fourth-highest proportion behind Bournemouth (39.4%), Brighton (37.7%) and Newcastle (37.5%), while 33.9% of chances created against Spurs this season have come through the middle; the fifth-highest rate.

Under Roberto De Zerbi, Spurs are averaging more pressed sequences per game (12.7) and possession won in the final third per game (5.3) than they were under Thomas Frank (11.1 and 3.7) and Igor Tudor (10.8 and 3.8) in the Premier League this season.

10 of Ollie Watkins’ 11 Premier League goals this season have come since the start of December, no player has more in that time. Indeed, he’s scored goals in three previous Premier League games against sides managed by Roberto De Zerbi, including a hat-trick in September 2023.

Aston Villa’s Pau Torres is averaging 9.5 line-breaking passes per 90 in the Premier League this season, the fifth-most of any central defender with at least 1,500 minutes. In Aston Villa’s defeat to Fulham last time out, his 11 played was the most of any player.

Spurs’ Richarlison is averaging 0.72 goal involvements per 90 this season (9 goals, 4 assists in 1,615 minutes), his third-best rate in a Premier League campaign behind 2023-24 and 2024-25 (both 0.9 per 90).