Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 17:20 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Aston Villa beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Olof Mellberg opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Olof Mellberg (41') and Martin Laursen (85'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (79').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 33 points from 20 and Tottenham Hotspur 12th on 24 points from 20. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueTottenham Hotspur
  • 33'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 41'Goal · Olof MellbergAston Villa · 1-0
  • 79'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · Martin LaursenAston Villa · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Didier ZokoraTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 4, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Luke Moore, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon