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Aston Villa face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 70 games played, Villans have recorded 24 wins, and Tottenham H. have come away with 35 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2003, the Spurs carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Mon 22 Nov | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 02 May | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 23 Nov | Tottenham H. | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Tottenham H. | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Tottenham H. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Spurs in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Tottenham H.'s 48 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Aston Villa's 47 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Tottenham H. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form Villans, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Tottenham H. | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | 5 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |