Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 15 March 2009
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 15 March 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Aston Villa lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from John Carew (85'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermaine Jenas (5') and Darren Bent (50').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 52 points from 28 and Tottenham Hotspur 13th on 32 points from 28. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 2 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Tottenham Hotspur's D-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Jermaine Jenas
- 23'Yellow card · Didier Zokora
- 50'Goal · Darren Bent
- 54'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-Coker
- 70'Yellow card · Robbie Keane
- 71'Yellow card · Luka Modrić
- 85'Goal · John Carew
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jonathan Woodgate