Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 February 2020

Result

Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 16 February 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Aston Villa lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-2.

Aston Villa's goals came from an own goal by Toby Alderweireld (9') and Björn Engels (53'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Toby Alderweireld (27'), Heung-min Son (45+2') and Heung-min Son (90+4').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 25 points from 25 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 37 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 6th with 59.

Aston Villa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Heung-min Son of Tottenham Hotspur (8.7), ahead of Jack Grealish (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 8 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Own goal · Toby AlderweireldAston Villa · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Toby AlderweireldTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 45+2'Missed penalty · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur
  • 45+2'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Björn EngelsAston Villa · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · F. GuilbertAston Villa
  • 90+2'Yellow card · M. NakambaAston Villa
  • 90+4'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 8.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (3-4-3)

Pepe Reina, Ezri Konsa, Björn Engels, Kortney Hause, Frédéric Guilbert, Danny Drinkwater, Douglas Luiz, Matt Targett, Anwar El Ghazi, Ally Samatta, Jack Grealish

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sánchez, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Harry Winks, Lucas Moura, Dele Alli, Steven Bergwijn, Heung-min Son