Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are going to take on on Sunday the 1st of January at 14:00 in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The referee will be John Brooks.
Tottenham Hotspur sits in the 5th position in the table with 30 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Aston Villa sits in the 12th position in the league with 18 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 56.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (9 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: H. Lloris, C. Romero, E. Dier, C. Lenglet, I. Perišić, Y. Bissouma, P. Højbjerg, M. Doherty, D. Kulusevski, H. Son and H. Kane.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 29.36.
R. Bentancur Colmán and R. de Andrade will definitely miss the match.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (6 times), 4-3-2-1 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times) and 4-2-2-2 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: D. Martínez, L. Digne, T. Mings, E. Konsa Ngoyo, M. Cash, P. Coutinho Correia, B. Kamara, D. Soares de Paulo, J. McGinn, O. Watkins and D. Ings.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Aston Villa would be 28.18.
Unai Emery Etxegoien will probably not be able to employ J. Ramsey and M. Sanson because of injury.
D. Santos Silva will definitely miss the match.