Tottenham vs Aston Villa kick-off, date & TV info
Date Saturday, September 19
Kick-off 12.30pm
Venue Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Competition Premier League
TV TNT Sports 1 & HBO Max
Tottenham and Aston Villa, who are yet to win a game in this season's Premier League, meet in a crucial fixture at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.
Spurs have not scored in their first four matches while Villa start the weekend in the relegation zone after picking up just one point from four games.
Tottenham vs Aston Villa betting tips & predictions
Best bet
Draw
Best player bet
Jan Paul van Hecke to have one or more shots
Tottenham vs Aston Villa Bet Builder
Under 3.5 goals
Tottenham and Aston Villa have scored one goal between them in eight Premier League matches and Spurs's last two league games ended 0-0.
Rodrigo Bentancur to be shown a card
The Tottenham midfielder has committed eight fouls in four league starts this season and was booked in Tuesday's EFL Cup defeat at Liverpool.
Mateus Fernandes to commit one or more fouls
Bentancur's fellow midfielder averages a foul every 26 minutes for Spurs and picked up 15 yellow cards in two Premier League campaigns for Southampton and West Ham.
Pays out at 37-10 with bet365
Tottenham vs Aston Villapreview
Tottenham and Aston Villa have made sluggish starts to the Premier League season and both clubs are desperate to kickstart their campaigns before the international break.
Four matches into the new term, Spurs and Villa find themselves in a familiar pickle.
Tottenham finished 17th in the table in 2024-25 and 2025-26 and they kicked off this round of fixtures in exactly the same spot.
Sitting one place above the relegation zone is not a bad effort given that Roberto De Zerbi's men have failed to score in their first four games.
Opponents Villa went 427 minutes without a Premier League goal at the start of last season and their first four matches this term have yielded just one: Alysson's strike in last weekend's 2-1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest.
There is no reason for Villa to panic as they overcame last season's slow start to finish fourth and win the Europa League.
Unai Emery's men won 3-2 at Club Brugge in the Champions League and 3-1 at Coventry in the EFL Cup on their last two away trips but another low-scoring contest looks likely at Tottenham.
The draw would not satisfy either De Zerbi or Emery but the odds about the rivals' winless runs extending into October are tempting.
Before the defeat to Forest, Villa had just one shot on target in defeats to Brighton and Arsenal and a goalless draw at Hull.
Winger Johan Manzambi, who starred for Switzerland at the World Cup, could be fit to make his first start for Villa but Tottenham's defence looks in good order.
They were poor in an opening 3-0 defeat at Brentford but have tightened up significantly since then.
Newcastle scored with their only two shots on target in last month's 2-0 win at Spurs, who controlled the game for the first hour.
That was followed by goalless draws with Forest and Everton, who rarely threatened Antonin Kinsky's goal, and a positive performance in Tuesday's 3-1 EFL Cup defeat at Liverpool.
Dominik Szoboszlai's stunning late strike gilded the scoreline for the Reds after both managers named much-changed line-ups.
De Zerbi's focus was clearly on the Villa game but Tottenham are hard to fancy at the odds given their miserable home record.
They won six of their 19 home fixtures in 2024-25 and just three last term – one of them the 1-0 final-day victory against Everton that kept them up.
Van Hecke's aerial threat should concern Villa
Tottenham's forwards are yet to fire this season but centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke poses a decent goal threat from set-pieces.
Van Hecke has had four attempts at goal in four league outings and he scored two of Brighton's goals in a 4-3 home defeat to Villa last term.
Key stats for Tottenham vs Aston Villa
♦ Tottenham have failed to score in four Premier League games this season
♦ Spurs have won only nine of their 40 home league matches since the start of 2024-25
♦ Aston Villa have had only six shots on target in four league games this season
♦ Villa have won five of their last nine league and cup meetings with Tottenham by a 2-1 scoreline
Tottenham vs Aston Villabetting odds
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Tottenham vs Aston Villateam news and predicted line-ups
Tottenham
Full-backs Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie should start but midfielder Sandro Tonali is a doubt. Dejan Kulusevski, Xavi Simons, Wilson Odobert and Mykhaylo Mudryk remain sidelined.
Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Kinsky; Porro, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Gallagher; Savio, Fernandes, Marmoush; Solanke
Subs: Gray, Tonali, Maddison, Senesi, Tel, Robertson, Kudus
Aston Villa
Villa are missing Pau Torres, Leon Goretzka, Ian Maatsen and Amadou Onana but Joao Gomes returns from suspension. Matty Cash and Brian Madjo will be assessed.
Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Suzuki; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Mings, Ruggeri; Kamara, Barkley; Mbaye, McGinn, Manzambi; Jackson
Subs: Hemmings, Abraham, Gomes, Cash, Harwood-Bellis, Alysson, Buendia
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FAQs
When is Tottenham vs Aston Villa in the Premier League?
Tottenham vs Aston Villa takes place on Saturday, September 19 and kicks off at 12.30pm BST.
Where is Tottenham vs Aston Villa being played?
The venue for the game is the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Where can I watch Tottenham vs Aston Villa?
TNT Sports 1 & HBO Max are showing the game live in the UK.
What is the match betting for Tottenham vs Aston Villa?
Tottenham are 19-20 to win, Aston Villa are a 14-5 chance and the draw is 13-5 with bet365.
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