Spurs vs Aston Villa | Key stats | An outcome not seen for 20 league games
Fri 17 October 2025, 17:45|
Tottenham Hotspur
We're back in action this weekend following the recent international break as we host Aston Villa in the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 2pm UK).
There have been 50 top-flight meetings between us and the Villans dating back to 1997/98 and, remarkably, the last 20 such fixtures have not seen a draw since a 1-1 at Villa Park in May 2012, with us winning 14 of those.
However, we're out for revenge this time after we fell to a 2-0 away defeat in our previous league outing in May last term and this weekend provides a fresh opportunity for Thomas Frank to get the better of Villa boss Unai Emery for the first time.
Currently sitting third in the standings after seven matches, our Head Coach will be buoyed by the impressive start and looking to pick up where we left off with that battling win at Leeds United which extended our unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions.
Mohammed Kudus, who played a key role in Ghana securing a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, opened his Spurs account in that 2-1 success at Elland Road and the dangerous winger has completed 30 dribbles in the league so far this season, with no other player completing 20 or more.
Meanwhile, an interesting battle ground to keep an eye on will be in the set-piece department. This area has been a key focus under Thomas, something that could prove essential against the West Midlands outfit. We have scored from two corners to Villa's one, yet 25 per cent of our opponent's shots in the Premier League this season have been from corner situations (19/76) - only West Ham have a higher ratio (26 per cent) - so we'll also have to be resolute defensively to limit their chances.
Here are some other headline pre-match facts, courtesy of Opta, ahead of Sunday's fixture:
- Only two fixtures in the competition’s history have ever had more successive games without a draw: Spurs vs Newcastle (21 from Aug 1999 to Dec 2010) and Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (26 from Sep 1997 to Feb 2024).
- We have scored 13 goals from an expected goals tally of 7.5 in the Premier League this season, the biggest over-performance of any side (+5.5). We have shown a clinical edge with our shot conversion rate of 16.9% second only to Manchester City (17.4%).
- 12 of our last 13 Premier League goals against Aston Villa have come in the second half of games.
- We have won six of our nine Premier League games immediately following the international break since the start of 2023/24 (L3), beating West Ham 3-0 already this term.
- Whilst Villa have won eight of their last 10 Premier League games that have come the matchday after an international break (D2). However, they drew their first match after the September internationals 0-0 at Everton.
- Unai Emery's side have won only one of their last six Premier League away games (D2 L3) and none of their last four (D2 L2).
- Although, Villa have won four of their last six Premier League games against us (L2), as many as their previous 29 beforehand (D7 L18).
- Kudus has completed 246 dribbles in his 72 Premier League appearances overall; the only player to record 250+ successful dribbles within his first 73 games on Opta’s records in the competition (from 2006-07) is Allan Saint-Maximin (250 in first 58).
- Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers has assisted more goals in the Premier League in 2025 (nine) than any other player.
- Brennan Johnson has scored in each of his last two Premier League starts against Aston Villa, both coming in wins (4-0 in March 2024, 4-1 in November 2024).
