Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 17:30 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 26 December 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Marc Albrighton (82'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Rafael van der Vaart (23') and Rafael van der Vaart (68').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 15th on 20 points from 17 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 27 points from 17. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 62.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 5 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 27'Red card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 35'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggAston Villa
  • 56'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa
  • 68'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Alan HuttonTottenham Hotspur
  • 82'Goal · Marc AlbrightonAston Villa · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Heurelho GomesTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 5, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

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

Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Eric Lichaj, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Jonathan Hogg, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Fabian Delph, Carlos Cuéllar

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe