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Last updated : 30 September 2007 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa fixture

Aston Villa face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Monday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2006, the Spurs carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007Tue 26 DecTottenham H.2 - 1Aston VillaPREM
2006/2007Sat 14 OctAston Villa1 - 1Tottenham H.PREM
2005/2006Sat 21 JanTottenham H.0 - 0Aston VillaPREM
2005/2006Sat 17 SepAston Villa1 - 1Tottenham H.PREM
2004/2005Sun 01 MayTottenham H.5 - 1Aston VillaPREM
2004/2005Mon 22 NovAston Villa1 - 0Tottenham H.PREM
2003/2004Sun 02 MayAston Villa1 - 0Tottenham H.PREM

Recent respective form guides

Tottenham Hotspur are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Spurs, with 8 goals against.

The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Villans pummel 12 goals, and let in 4.

Tottenham H. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 5 points from their 7 games thus far. Aston Villa's 10 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Tottenham H.62221398
Aston Villa640211312

FootyMad's prediction ...

Villans's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Tottenham H., believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Tottenham H. 7 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Aston Villa Last drawn game 7 outings ago.