Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 November 2003

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 23 November 2003, 16:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 November 2003. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Marcus Allback opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Rohan Ricketts (78') and Robbie Keane (81'). Aston Villa scored through Marcus Allback (66').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 16th on 12 points from 12 and Aston Villa 18th on 11 points from 12. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Lee HendrieAston Villa
  • 66'Goal · Marcus AllbackAston Villa · 0-1
  • 78'Goal · Rohan RickettsTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 3, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Goran Bunjevcevic, Stephen Carr, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Rohan Ricketts, R. Keane, Helder Postiga