Tottenham v Aston Villa – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

Villa have won 12 of their last 14 fixtures. Spurs have tasted victory just four times in 16 matches.

Match: Tottenham v Aston Villa
When: Saturday, 10 Jan 2026

Tottenham Form

Spurs have won just four of their last 16 matches. Their results and performance levels are ramping up pressure on coach Thomas Frank. After a five-match winless run, they beat Brentford 2-0 at home and Slavia Prague 3-0 in the Champions League. It’s just one win in six since those victories.

A poor 3-0 loss at Nottingham Forest preceded a 2-1 home loss to Liverpool with nine men. They eked out a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace but two draws followed: 0-0 at Brentford and 1-1 at home to Sunderland. In midweek, they lost 3-2 at Bournemouth as they leaked a goal in the 95^th minute.

Tottenham Team News

Tottenham are set to be without nine players for this match. Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are on AFCON duty and Lucas Bergvall and Rodrigo Bentancur are injured in midfield.

In attack, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are long-term absences. Mohamed Kudus and Destiny Udogie are also ruled out, leaving Spurs down to the bare bones.

Tottenham Motivation

Spurs want to try to win another trophy. Thomas Frank is under pressure and needs a win at home to ease that discord.

Tottenham will try to attack and could be allowed to have lots of the ball by Villa.

Aston Villa Form

Villa have won 12 of their last 14 matches in all competitions. They won 2-1 at home to Man Utd and 2-1 at Chelsea after trailing 1-0. Those victories made it 11 straight wins for Unai Emery’s side.

A deserved 4-1 loss at Arsenal saw 3.04 xG conceded and Villa outshot 22-11. They bounced back to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at home with 73% possession. In midweek, Aston Villa could only draw 0-0 at Crystal Palace despite having 15 shots at Selhurst Park.

Aston Villa Team News

Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana are out injured in the engine. Pau Torres and Tyrone Mings are back in training and could be available for this match.

Evann Guessand is away at the AFCON with Senegal. Marco Bizot is on standby to deputise in goal after Emi Martinez went off injured at half-time in midweek.

Aston Villa Motivation

Villa are playing with confidence and belief. They want to try to win a trophy this season and will play to win this match.

Emery’s side won’t care about possession stats. If they have to sit in a low block, they will do so.

Key Stats

• Spurs have won just 4 of their last 16 matches (8 losses)
• Tottenham have lost 6 of their last 8 matches vs Villa
• Aston Villa have won 12 of their last 14 matches
• Villa’s Ollie Watkins has scored 4 goals in his last 4 matches

Verdict

The stats point to Villa beating an injury-ravaged Spurs in this one.

Best Bet: Aston Villa win at 2.60

Goalscorer Tip: Ollie Watkins to score anytime at 2.80

Value Bet: Aston Villa and Watkins to score anytime at 4.20