Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 May 2005

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 1 May 2005, 12:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Aston Villa: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Aston Villa 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 May 2005. The half-time score was 3-1.

Frédéric Kanouté opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Frédéric Kanouté (6'), Ledley King (19'), Frédéric Kanouté (27'), Andy Reid (67') and Stephen Kelly (90'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (45', penalty).

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 9th on 48 points from 35 and Aston Villa 10th on 47 points from 35. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Frédéric KanoutéTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · Stefan PostmaAston Villa
  • 17'Yellow card · Sean DavisTottenham Hotspur
  • 19'Goal · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 27'Goal · Frédéric KanoutéTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 45'Penalty goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Andy ReidTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Nolberto Albino Solano TodcoAston Villa
  • 90'Goal · Stephen KellyTottenham Hotspur · 5-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 3, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango