Aston Villa vs Tottenham Predictions - Villa to take advantage of Spurs poor away form

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Aston Villa unbeaten in 10 home games.
Tottenham facing squad injuries and poor away form.
Villa favored to win against injury-hit Spurs.

Aston Villa have won 3 of their last 5 matches against Tottenham (Getty)

Aston Villa vs Tottenham Predictions

Spurs form away has been very poor and they also come into the game off a big clash in midweek. Villa on the other side have a very good record at home.

Aston Villa vs Tottenham Predictions
Head to Head
Aston Villa Form
Aston Villa Injuries & Team News
Tottenham Form
Tottenham Injuries & Team News

Aston Villa have won 6 of their previous 8 home games.
Aston Villa have won 3 of their last 5 matches against Tottenham.
Tottenham have lost 4 of their last 7 games.

Head to Head

Tottenham have a 79-60 advantage against Aston Villa in 175 meetings with 36 draws.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa got off to a winning start in the FA Cup after beating West Ham 2-1 at home. Villa are undefeated in 10 consecutive home games, winning six.

Unai Emery’s side beat Everton 1-0, drew 2-2 at Arsenal and lost 1-0 at Monaco after their cup win. Villa then drew 1-1 at home with West Ham and defeated Celtic 4-2 in the Champions League.

The Villans fell to a 2-0 defeat against Midlands rivals Wolves last time out. They allowed 2 XG and couldn’t reply after conceding in both halves.

Aston Villa Injuries & Team News

New signing Axel Disasi is ineligible after already featuring in the FA Cup this season.

Defensive trio Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings and Matty Cash are unavailable due to injury.

Midfielder Ross Barkley and striker Ollie Watkins are also unlikely to feature through injury.

Tottenham Form

Tottenham were held to a 0-0 draw against non-league Tamworth in the FA Cup third round. They eventually went through after winning 3-0 after extra time.

Spurs lost four of their following seven matches, including away defeats at Arsenal 2-1 and Everton 3-2. The London side showed improvement with a 3-0 win against Elfsborg and a 2-0 victory at Brentford.

Ange Postecoglou’s outfit couldn’t build momentum and were thrashed 4-0 at Liverpool in the EFL Cup. Spurs had a 1-0 aggregate lead but were outplayed at Anfield, facing 26 shots and having just 35% possession.

Tottenham Injuries & Team News

Centre-back Micky van de Ven is an injury doubt.

Attackers Dominic Solanke, Richarlison, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson won’t feature due to injury.

Defenders Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie and Radu Dragusin are sidelined through injury.

Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and midfield duo James Maddison and Wilson Odobert are also ruled out.

Son Heung-Min has 10 goals and seven assists in all competitions and is set to start up front.

Verdict

Aston Villa v Tottenham

Villa rarely lose at Villa Park and Tottenham’s squad is stretched to the limit. A Villans home win in the FA Cup against an injury-struck Spurs has good value on Sunday.