English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tottenham Hotspur WWLWD 4
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Aston Villa DDWWL 0
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Villa Park · 36,863 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
16
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
59.1
Possession
40.9
21
SHOTS
4
9
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
402
Accurate Passes
278
486
Passes
343
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
37
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
48

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 3-5-1-1

  1. 22Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD
  3. 32Nathan BakerCD-L
  4. 31Chris HerdCD-R
  5. 16Fabian DelphCM-L
  6. 8Karim El AhmadiCM-R
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodAM
  8. 27Joe BennettLM
  9. 34Matthew LowtonRM
  10. 20Christian BentekeF
  11. 14Brett HolmanRCF

Substitutes

  1. 1Shay GivenSUB
  2. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  3. 21Jordan BowerySUB
  4. 40Samir CarruthersSUB
  5. 30Eric LichajSUB
  6. 12Marc AlbrightonSUB
  7. 25Barry BannanSUB

TOT · 4-4-2

  1. 25Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 13William GallasCD-R
  4. 16Kyle NaughtonLB
  5. 28Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 19Mousa DembéléCM-L
  7. 30SandroCM-R
  8. 11Gareth BaleLM
  9. 7Aaron LennonRM
  10. 10Emmanuel AdebayorCF-L
  11. 18Jermain DefoeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Scott ParkerSUB
  2. 29Jake LivermoreSUB
  3. 24Brad FriedelSUB
  4. 22Gylfi SigurdssonSUB
  5. 20Michael DawsonSUB
  6. 33Steven CaulkerSUB
  7. 31Andros TownsendSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Stephen Ireland replaces Nathan Baker because of an injury.
  2. 45' Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
  3. 57' Offside, Aston Villa. Stephen Ireland tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
  4. 61' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 67' Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  6. 69' Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  7. 73' Foul by Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur).
  8. 80' Foul by Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
  9. 84' Foul by Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur).
  10. 85' Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton following a set piece situation.

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