Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Monday 15 September 2008
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Monday 15 September 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 15 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nigel Reo-Coker opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Darren Bent (87'). Aston Villa scored through Nigel Reo-Coker (5') and Ashley Young (54').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 20th on 1 point from 3 and Aston Villa 12th on 4 points from 3. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-L-L and Aston Villa's D-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Nigel Reo-Coker
- 21'Yellow card · Nicky Shorey
- 51'Yellow card · John Carew
- 54'Goal · Ashley Young
- 60'Yellow card · Michael Dawson
- 83'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 87'Goal · Darren Bent
- 90'Yellow card · Ashley Young
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Didier Zokora, Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel