Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur are going to face off on Saturday the 13th of May at 3:00 pm in the 36th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The chosen referee is Peter Bankes.
Aston Villa sits in the 8th position in the standings with 54 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 16 times, draw 6 times, and lost 13 times.
Tottenham Hotspur is in the 6th place in the standings with 57 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 17 times, draw 6 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 40.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (14 times), 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-3-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once) and (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, Álex Moreno, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Young, Leander Dendoncker, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía and Ollie Watkins.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Aston Villa would be 28.45.
Unai Emery Etxegoien will probably not be able to employ Matty Cash because of injury.
Jed Steer will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (25 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (25 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 4-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Ryan Mason is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Fraser Forster, Eric Dier, Emerson, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oliver Skipp, Pedro Porro, Heung-Min Son, Richarlison and Harry Kane.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 27.73.
Ryan Mason will probably not be able to employ Clément Lenglet because of injury.
Hugo Lloris, Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma will definitely miss the match.
