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Aston Villa v Tottenham Match Preview
Tottenham will need to keep away from crashing out of two cups within the area of 4 days as they face Aston Villa within the FA Cup fourth spherical.
Spurs held a 1-0 lead over Liverpool from the primary leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final however have been crushed 4-0 at Anfield on Thursday and seeing one other alternative for a trophy go them by at Villa Park would pile the stress on Ange Postecoglou even additional.
Postecoglou mentioned after Thursday’s defeat: “I get the pile-on in the meanwhile. It’s very easy for individuals to stay their boots in and query the gamers – however I don’t query.
“We have been upset final night time didn’t go the best way we needed and we didn’t carry out on the ranges – however that doesn’t outline this group of gamers in my eyes.
“We’re a simple mark in the meanwhile. Clearly, making a semi-final is an absolute catastrophe as a result of we didn’t play nicely. I assume not making a semi-final would’ve put us in a greater place.
“I’ve an excessive amount of perception in these gamers, what they’re going by means of and the way they’re coping with it.”
We exit the Carabao Cup. pic.twitter.com/CH5WtzC4mm
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 6, 2025
Villa are themselves licking their wounds from a disappointing defeat to rivals Wolves final outing however have had a full week to get better and can hope their flurry of latest signings give them a lift towards the North Londoners.
Marcus Rashford was the marquee signing of January after becoming a member of on mortgage from Manchester United, with Unai Emery additionally bolstering his squad with Marco Asensio, Donyell Malen, Axel Disasi and Andres Garcia.
Spurs have received their final two video games towards Villa by an mixture margin of 8-1, together with a 4-1 victory over Emery’s facet in November. Since then, although, they’ve received simply three thrice within the league.
Villa v Spurs Crew Information
Rashford is in line to make his Villa debut within the cup and will even begin up entrance after striker Ollie Watkins was dominated out for the Villans after going off at half-time towards Wolves.
He joins Tyrone Mings, Pau Torres, Matty Money and Ross Barkley on the absentee record, with new signing Disasi additionally lacking out having featured for Chelsea within the third spherical.
Asensio may additionally make his Villa debut following his transfer from PSG, whereas Malen may add to his two Villa appearances thus far.
Tottenham don’t have any returning gamers for the sport, with Richarlison the newest to hitch their large damage record.
Meaning Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Wilson Odobert, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Future Udogie, Cristian Romero, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson all miss out.
Mathys Tel, who changed Richarlison early on at Liverpool, may get a primary begin following his transfer from Bayern Munich.
Villa v Spurs Anticipated Line-ups
Aston Villa: Olsen; Garcia, Konsa, Kamara, Maatsen; Tielemans, Onana; Asensio, McGinn, Ramsey; Rashford
Tottenham: Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Bissouma, Bentancur, Bergvall; Kulusevski, Tel, Son
Villa v Spurs – The stats
Within the final 7 Aston Villa house matches within the FA Cup, the sum of targets was over 2.5Aston Villa have misplaced 6 of the final 7 house matches within the FA Cup whereas scoring lower than 1.5 goalsAston Villa have misplaced 6 of the final 7 house matches within the FA Cup and the sum of targets was over 2.5In 8 of the final 10 Aston Villa matches the sum of targets was over 2.5In 7 of the final 9 Aston Villa house matches the sum of targets was over 2.5In 9 of the final 11 Tottenham matches the sum of targets was over 2.5In the final 7 Tottenham matches within the FA Cup, the sum of targets was underneath 3.5In 5 of the final 7 Tottenham matches within the FA Cup, the sum of targets was underneath 1.5In the final 4 Tottenham away matches the sum of targets was over 2.5In the final 4 Tottenham away matches within the FA Cup, the sum of targets was underneath 3.5
Tips on how to watch Villa v Spurs
The match kicks off at 5:35pm and is accessible to observe within the UK on BBC One, as nicely being streamed on BBC iPlayer.
Villa v Spurs prediction
Spurs have received on 9 of their final 10 journeys to Villa however that’s unlikely to rely for a lot when Postecoglou’s males arrive low on confidence and numbers.
Villa aren’t precisely in prime kind however are unbeaten in 11 straight house video games in all competitions. The additional relaxation ought to see Villa get the victory, which would depart the Europa League as Spurs’ final likelihood for a trophy.
Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham
