Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (27') and an own goal by Matt Targett (71'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (67').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 12th on 9 points from 6 and Aston Villa 8th on 10 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emile Højbjerg of Tottenham Hotspur (8.0), ahead of Eric Dier (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
- 31'Yellow card · Jacob Ramsey
- 36'Yellow card · Oliver Skipp
- 67'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 68'Yellow card · Cristian Romero
- 71'Own goal · Matt Targett
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Emerson Royal, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Sergio Reguilón, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oliver Skipp, Lucas Moura, Tanguy Ndombélé, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane
Aston Villa line-up (3-5-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Matt Targett, Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings