Tottenham vs. Aston Villa Betting Odds, Preview
Winner Will Finish Weekend in Top Four
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa Off to Surprising Start
Tottenham and Aston Villa have been the two most surprising teams in the Premier League so far. On Sunday, the two sides will meet for the first time this season in a high-stakes match. Tottenham enter the weekend in fourth place in the Premier League, while Aston Villa are in fifth. The winner of Sunday’s match will finish the weekend in the EPL top four. Ahead of one of the best Premier League matches of the week, we’ll take a look at the Tottenham vs. Aston Villa betting odds.
Game Information
Tottenham vs. Aston Villa
Date, time:
Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
Head-to-Head
Aston Villa completed the double over Tottenham last season. Villa defeated Tottenham 2-0 in London last season and also picked up a 2-1 win in Birmingham. Douglas Luiz got on the scoresheet in both matches for Villa. Aston Villa finished ahead of Tottenham in the Premier League standings last season. Villa have won three of the last five meetings.
Tottenham Drop Two Straight
Few preseason English Premier League previews had Tottenham making the top four. Through the first ten matches of the season under new coach Ange Postecoglou, Spurs looked like title contenders. They were on top of the league table but they’ve dropped their last two games. In their first game of November, nine-man Tottenham fell 4-1 to Chelsea. In their next match, at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Spurs took an early lead.
Brennan Johnson scored his first Premier League goal for Tottenham as he finished off a Pedro Porro cross in the third minute. It looked like Spurs would grab all three points as they held the lead until the 91st minute.
Pablo Sarabia got Wolves on the board, and Mario Lemina scored a dramatic late winner for the hosts six minutes later. With the loss, Tottenham are now in fourth place in the league but are still just two points behind leaders Manchester City. Spurs will try to avoid a third straight defeat on Sunday, but they’ll have to make do without a bunch of first-team players.
Most prominently, attacking midfielder James Maddison is out with an ankle injury until January. Maddison has already provided five assists this season, and they’ll miss hiss creativity. Starting center back Cristian Romero and midfielder Yves Bissouma are also suspended for this one.
Tottenham will be without both of their starting center backs for this one as Micky van de Ven is also out injured. Richarlison, Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon, and Ryan Sessegnon are also sidelined. Regardless, the Tottenham vs. Aston Villa betting odds price Spurs are +130 favorites.
Aston Villa Exceeding Expectations
Opta’s Supercomputer predicted Tottenham’s most likely finish this season as eighth place. Meanwhile, it had Aston Villa one spot behind, in ninth place, yet they’ve been an excellent pick for betting on soccer so far. Unai Emery’s Villa are in fifth place through 12 matches, with an 8-1-3 record. Only Manchester City have scored more goals than Villa so far this season, and Villa defeated Fulham 3-1 just before the international break.
John McGinn put in a man of the match performance as the captain got on the scoresheet and played a part in Villa’s third goal.
Ollie Watkins also got on the scoresheet, and he leads Villa this season with six goals and five assists. Watkins has broken into the England national team, and he’s an integral part of the front line along with Moussa Diaby.
Diaby joined from Bayer Leverkusen over the Summer and is Villa’s most dynamic player. He’s scored three goals and provided three assists in the Premier League thus far. In limited minutes, winger Leon Bailey has also been highly productive. Bettors can expect Diego Carlos, Jacob Ramsey, Tyrone Mings and and Emi Buendia to be out on Sunday.
Match Analysis & Odds
Most of Aston Villa’s success this season has come at home this season. They’re 6-0 at home but just 2-1-3 away from Villa Park. The Tottenham vs. Aston Villa betting odds currently price Spurs as +130 favorites. Ange Postecoglou’s side are currently 4-1 at home and Tottenham pk, -0.5 sits at even odds.
Aston Villa pk, +0.5 comes in at -120 but they have conceded the most goals of any of the top six teams. Tottenham have gotten on the scoresheet in every EPL match they’ve played this season and both teams’ matches have averaged over three goals per game. Villa have also scored in their last Here, under 3, 3.5 goals sit at -120 odds though.
At +180 odds, Villa have an implied 35.7 percent chance of winning the match. Bettors can take a draw at +295 odds but these teams haven’t played to a draw since 2012.
