Aston Villa in Tottenham Match Preview
Tottenham will want to avoid collapsing two cups within four days as they face Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Spurs made 1-0 over Liverpool from the first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinals, but crushed 4-0 to Anfield on Thursday and seeing another opportunity for a trophy to pass them to Villa Park would put pressure on the ange postecoglou even more.
Postecoglou said after Thursday’s defeat: “I get the pile right now. It’s really easy for people to stick their boots and question the players – but I don’t question.
“We were disappointed last night it didn’t go as we wanted and we hadn’t executed on the levels – but that doesn’t set this team of players in my eyes.
“We’re an easy sign right now. Obviously, making a semifinal is an absolute disaster because we didn’t play well. I guess I didn’t do semifinals would put us in a better position.
“I have a great deal of faith in these players, what they go through and how they deal with that.”
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Villa licks their wounds from a disappointing defeat to Wolves opponents the last time, but they had a whole week to recover and will hope that their upheaval for new plates gives them a boost against the northern Londoners.
Marcus Rashford was the signature of Marquee in January after joining Manchester United, with Unai Emery also reinforcing his team with Marco Asensio, Donyell Malen, Axel Disasi and Andres Garcia.
The Spurs won the last two games against Villa with a total margin of 8-1, including a 4-1 win on the Emery side in November. Since then, however, they have only won three times in the league.
Villa v Spurs Team News
Rashford is on the line to make his Villa in the Cup and could even start ahead after the striker Ollie Watkins was eliminated for the Villans after leaving in half against the wolves.
Participates Tyrone Mings, Pau Torres, Matty Cash and Ross Barkley in the absence list, with a new signature destruction that has also appeared for Chelsea in the third round.
Asensio could also make his debut in the villa after moving from the PSG, while Malen could add to his two appearances for the villa so far.
Tottenham has no players returning for the game, with Richarlison the latter to take part in their huge list of injuries.
This means that Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Wilson Odobert, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison, Micky Van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Cristian Romero, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson.
Mathys Tel, who replaced Richarlison early in Liverpool, could get a first start after his transition from Bayern Munich.
Villa v Spurs Expected lines
Aston Villa: Olsen? Garcia, konsa, chamber, lie; Tielemans, onana. Asension, McGinn, Ramsey. Rasford
Tottenham: Kinsky? Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence. Bissouma, Bentancur, Bergvall. Kulusevski, tel, son
Villa V Spurs – The Statistics
- In the last 7 The Aston Villa matches in the fa cup, the sum of goals were over 2.5
- Aston Villa has lost 6 of the last 7 Home matches in the FA Cup while rating less than 1.5 goals
- Aston Villa has lost 6 of the last 7 Home matches in FA Cup and the sum of goals were over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Aston Villa matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Aston Villa Home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Tottenham matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 7 Tottenham matches in fa cup, the sum of goals were under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Tottenham’s matches in the fa cup, the sum of goals were under 1.5
- In the last 4 Tottenham Away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Tottenham Away matches in the fa cup, the sum of goals was under 3.5
How to watch Villa V Spurs
The race begins at 5:35 pm and is available to watch the United Kingdom on the BBC One, as well as to be broadcast on the BBC iPlayer.
Villa v Spurs forecast
The Spurs have won nine of their last 10 trips to the villa, but this is unlikely to count for many when Postcoglou men are low with confidence and numbers.
The villa is not exactly in the top form, but it is undefeated in 11 straight home games in all races. The extra rest should see the villa get the win, which will leave the Europa League as Spurs’s last chance for a trophy.
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