Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
FT
0 - 4
0 - 4
- 50': James Maddison
- 53': Brennan Johnson
- 90'+1': Son Heung-Min
- 90'+4': Timo Werner
Tottenham thump Aston Villa 4-0 to boost UCL hopes
Tottenham Hotspur hammered 10-man Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday thanks to four second-half goals, allowing them to close the gap with their Birmingham rivals to two points in the chase for Champions League football next season.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 4': Foul by Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 4': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Offside, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey is caught offside.
- 8': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 8': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 9': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 15': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 16': Foul by Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 16': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 17': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
- 18': Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 19': Foul by Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 19': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 22': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Brennan Johnson.
- 26': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 26': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Dejan Kulusevski is caught offside.
- 29': Attempt missed. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
- 32': Foul by Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
- 32': Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Matty Cash.
- 35': Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
- 37': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 38': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 38': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
- 40': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 41': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 43': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
- 45': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Yves Bissouma.
- 45': Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 47': Offside, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey is caught offside.
- 47': Delay in match because of an injury Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 49': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Radu Dragusin replaces Micky van de Ven because of an injury.
- 50': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1. James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pape Sarr with a cross.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 53': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
- 54': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 54': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Foul by Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 56': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Clément Lenglet.
- 58': Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 58': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne.
- 58': Foul by James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 58': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Foul by Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 59': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 60': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Pau Torres.
- 61': Foul by Radu Dragusin (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 61': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Radu Dragusin (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Offside, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby is caught offside.
- 65': Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 65': Delay in match because of an injury Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 65': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the red card.
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
- 69': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson is caught offside.
- 69': Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Leon Bailey.
- 70': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Pape Sarr.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
- 75': Attempt missed. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
- 76': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Radu Dragusin.
- 77': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 77': Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
- 83': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
- 84': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Pedro Porro.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross.
- 84': Attempt saved. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 84': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Diego Carlos replaces Ezri Konsa.
- 87': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Timo Werner replaces James Maddison.
- 88': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Brennan Johnson.
- 88': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 88': Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Diego Carlos.
- 90'+1': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a through ball.
- 90'+3': Foul by Tim Iroegbunam (Aston Villa).
- 90'+3': Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 4. Timo Werner (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
- 90'+7': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 90'+7': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
- 90'+8': Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+10': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Diego Carlos.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 4.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 0, Tottenham Hotspur 4.
Statistics
 TOT |
AVL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 5 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 69.3 | Possession | 30.7 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 647 | Accurate Passes | 239 |
| 708 | Passes | 303 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 14 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 23 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 13 | Accurate Long Balls | 15 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 19 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 18 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 12 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 12 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,310
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,310
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 35 | +57 | 80 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 34 | +50 | 79 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 35 | +41 | 75 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 35 | +21 | 67 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 17 | Clément Lenglet |
| 14 | Pau Torres |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa |
| 12 | Lucas Digne |
| 2 | Matty Cash |
| 6 | Douglas Luiz |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 7 | John McGinn  |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 31 | Leon Bailey |
Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Guglielmo Vicario (GK) |
| 37 | Micky van de Ven |
| 17 | Cristian Romero |
| 38 | Destiny Udogie |
| 23 | Pedro Porro |
| 10 | James Maddison |
| 29 | Pape Matar Sarr  |
| 8 | Yves Bissouma |
| 7 | Son Heung-Min |
| 22 | Brennan Johnson |
| 21 | Dejan Kulusevski |
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