Aston Villa host Tottenham this afternoon with both sides hoping to secure European football in a clash that is live on talkSPORT.
Both teams suffered contrasting fortunes in their respective derbies last time out, with Villa losing 1-0 to fellow Midlanders Wolves while Spurs beat London rivals Crystal Palace by the same scoreline.
Unai Emery's hopes of his side securing a top seven finish have been heavily dented after successive defeats without scoring a goal.
Villa have now slipped to eighth but can move level on points with sixth placed Tottenham with a victory here.
But the Lilywhites are aiming to build upon a first win from Ryan Mason's second spell in charge as interim head coach.
Aston Villa vs Tottenham: talkSPORT coverage
This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, May 13.
Kick-off at Villa Park is scheduled for 3pm.
talkSPORT will have live and EXCLUSIVE coverage with Adrian Durham your presenter before commentary from Joe Shennan and former Arsenal winger Perry Groves.
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Aston Villa vs Tottenham: Team news
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno, McGinn, Luiz, Bailey, Ramsey, Buendia, Watkins.
Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Digne, Carlos, Cash, Dendoncker, Kamara, Duran, Traore.
Tottenham XI: Forster, Romero, Lenglet, Davies, Porro, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Royal, Son, Richarlison, Kane.
Subs: Austin, Sanchez, Bissouma, Perisic, Craig, Sarr, Danjuma, Kulusevski, Moura.
Aston Villa vs Tottenham: What has been said?
Jamie O’Hara has questioned whether Harry Kane deserves a future statue at Tottenham after his 26th league goal of the season.
“He’s a legend,” O’Hara told talkSPORT. “I would say he has a Harry Kane lounge. There’s so many things you can do but a statue outside the stadium…
“If he stays and gets the Premier League all-time record then yeah, a statue. Probably deserves it.
“If he leaves in the summer, goes to Man United and breaks the record somewhere else. Do you get a statue for not winning anything? I don’t know.”
Aston Villa vs Tottenham: Match facts
- Aston Villa’s Ashley Young has played 1,911 minutes in the Premier League this season – if he plays at least 89 minutes in this game, he would be the first English outfield player with 2,000+ minutes in a Premier League season while aged 37 or older since Teddy Sheringham in 2003-04 (2,217), the season in which Young made his league debut for Watford aged 18.
- Harry Kane has scored in 23 Premier League games this season, just one short of the record in a 38-game campaign set by Mo Salah in 2017-18 (24 games scored). Five of those games have been 1-0 wins for Tottenham; no player has ever scored the winner in more 1-0 wins in a single Premier League season (Eric Cantona in 1995-96 and James Beattie in 2002-03 also 5).
- Across the last three seasons, only five players have more goals and assisted combined in the Premier League than Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (39 goals, 13 assists). Watkins has 14 goals this season, equalling his best top-flight tally from 2020-21, with the last Englishman to score more in a top-flight season for Villa coming back in 1990-91, when David Platt scored 19.
- After scoring in each of their first 20 Premier League games under Unai Emery, Aston Villa have failed to score in their last two. They haven’t gone three in a row without a league goal since July 2020, while Emery hasn’t gone three league games in a row in charge of a single side without a goal since his Almeria side had a run of four blanks in October and November 2007.
- Tottenham have conceded 35 away league goals this season, including 19 in their last six outings. Spurs last shipped more on the road in a league campaign in 2000-01 (38), while 19 goals are the most they’ve let in over a run of six consecutive away league matches since October 1976 to February 1977 (21).
- Tottenham are without a win in their last six away league games (D2 L4), losing their last two in a row. Spurs last suffered three straight away league defeats in February 2021.
- Aston Villa have won each of their last five Premier League games at Villa Park, all without conceding; they last won six in a row in league competition at home in February 1993 (run of 7), while only in February 1971 as a third-tier side have they ever done so while keeping a clean sheet in all six wins.
- Aston Villa's last four Premier League wins against Tottenham have come away from home. They're winless in 11 against them at Villa Park in the competition (D2 L9), since a 2-1 win in January 2008.
- Tottenham have won their last seven Premier League away games against Aston Villa, netting at least two goals each time. In their league history, they've never won eight in a row away on the road against an opponent.
- Following their 2-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in January, Aston Villa are looking to complete their first league double over Spurs since 1995-96.
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