Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Steven Caulker opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Steven Caulker (58') and Aaron Lennon (67'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 11 points from 6 and Aston Villa 15th on 5 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.

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 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa
  • 47'Yellow card · Joe BennettAston Villa
  • 57'Yellow card · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa
  • 58'Goal · Steven CaulkerTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Mousa Dembélé, Clint Dempsey, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Sandro

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Joe Bennett, Matthew Lowton, Karim El Ahmadi, Marc Albrighton, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brett Holman, Christian Benteke, Fabian Delph