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.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 27'Red card · Jermain Defoe
- 35'Yellow card · Jonathan Hogg
- 56'Yellow card · Fabian Delph
- 68'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 79'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 82'Goal · Marc Albrighton
- 87'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 90+3'Yellow card · Heurelho Gomes
Head-to-head
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