Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (58') and Jermain Defoe (77'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (81').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 28 points from 19 and Aston Villa 10th on 25 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 77'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 87'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Yellow card · Gary CahillAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 4, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Didier Zokora, Hossam Ghaly, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Gavin McCann, Steven Davis, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Chris Sutton, Olof Mellberg, Gary Cahill