Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more

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The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent.

This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years.

Meanwhile Luton Town are making their first appearance in the Premier League, having risen from non-league in an incredible decade of progress. They followed Championship winners Burnley and second-placed Sheffield United in earning promotion to the top flight.

Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.

Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 – 1 Aston Villa FC

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa

14:54

Assist Douglas Luiz Soares de Paulo

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14:54

Porro is finally back to his feet following that collision with Kamara, and fortunately will be able to continue as half-time looms.

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14:53

CHANCE!!! A Villa free-kick routine breaks down, but Kamara keeps the ball alive by lunging in to win it and find Diaby. Porro has stayed down from the challenge as the visitors continue playing, but Carlos can’t make the most of his first-time shot and drags it wide!

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14:51

We’ll play SIX added minutes to close out a first half that’s been high on chances, drama and controversy!

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14:51

BALL IN THE NET!!! The flag denies Spurs a second!! Rapid-fire counter-attacking play culminates in Hojbjerg putting Son clean through on goal, and the captain sets himself before stroking a masterful finish into the far corner! The linesman doesn’t raise it straight away, but a few seconds late the flag is up to correctly call Son offside!

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14:49

Gil latches onto Udogie’s pass down the line and pulls it back into the middle, but Konsa makes the block which sends the ball into the gloves of Martinez.

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14:47

Porro wins the ball well in midfield and spreads play wide to Johnson. He burns past Digne down the right-hand side and cuts the ball back into the middle, but Gil refrains from shooting and is easily dispossessed!

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14:44

CHANCE!! Spurs pinch possession in Villa’s half once more and Johnson races forward with the ball at his feet. He has Kulusevski and Son arriving in the box, but a timely intervention from Konsa sees the ball deflect back into Martinez’s gloves!

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14:43

Yellow Card John McGinn

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14:42

WIDE!!! Johnson and Kulusevski play a one-two down the right, and a chance opens up for the latter to shoot inside the box. He does so, curling a powerful effort beyond the dive of Martinez, but also beyond the far post as the ball whistles past it!

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14:41

Since a 2-1 win over Brighton in November 2022, Villa haven’t won a Premier League game away from home after conceding first.

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Yellow Card Boubacar Bernard Kamara

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14:37

Lo Celso, making his first Spurs start since October 2021, has scored just his second Premier League goal for Tottenham, with his first coming on 21st November 2020, three years and five days ago.

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14:36

A goal, a disallowed goal, and a nasty challenge well worthy of the yellow card it produced, but play is finally flowing freely again after what’s been a frankly crazy last few minutes!

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14:35

Substitution Rodrigo Bentancur Colmán Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg

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14:34

DENIED!!! There are mere inches in this one, but after a lengthly, lengthy look at it, the VAR officials decide that Watkins was a fraction beyond the last man Emerson when Digne swung that ball into the box, and so Villa’s immediate response is chalked off!

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14:33

BALL IN THE NET!!! What a response this might just be from the Villans! Straight from kick-off, the visitors come down the left and Digne fires a teasing cross into the area. Watkins arrives early and glances a header goalwards, which bounces down, past Vicario, and into the back of the net! Just three touches after the goal Villa appear to have equalised, but the referee’s been instructed to have another look after initially giving the goal.

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14:30

Yellow Card Matthew Stuart Cash

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14:27

Gil escapes down the left-hand side and whips a fantastic cross into the box. Son is just centimetres away from heading it in, but the bouncing ball is put behind for a corner by Digne as Villa try to withstand wave after wave of Tottenham pressure!

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14:26

Goal Oliver George Arthur Watkins

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14:26

CHANCE!!! Bentancur’s floated pass over the top finds Johnson running in behind, but his ball across the face to Lo Celso is again intercepted and thumped clear by Villa’s Carlos!

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14:25

Assist Pedro Antonio Porro Sauceda

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14:25

Relentless Spurs pressing sees both Martinez and Carlos back into a corner, but they’re able to pass their way out of danger as the hosts continue to turn the screw!

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14:24

Kamara’s the next Villa midfielder to be dispossessed in his own defensive third as Son steals away with the ball and finds Gil, but his low cross is scythed clear by Carlos!

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14:22

OFFSIDE!!! Lovely one-touch play from Spurs sees Son and Bentancur combine for the latter to send Kulusevski through on goal, but Martinez closes the gap brilliantly to make the save, just as the offside flag is raised against the Swedish forward!

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14:21

OVER!!! What a miss! Porro’s low throughball sends Johnson racing in behind the Villa defence and into open pasture. He squares for the unmarked Son in the box, but it’s slightly behind the Spurs captain and he puts a first-time effort over the bar from right in front! The offside flag is raised to call back Johnson, but you’d hope a striker of Son’s quality would be finishing chances like that regardless!

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14:19

McGinn loses the ball deep in his own half and Kulusevski seizes it to find Johnson in the box, but the Welshman’s cut-back is intercepted and cleared by Konsa!

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14:17

McGinn slides a throughball into Watkins’ path which is swung at and missed by Ederson, but Vicario’s off his line to claim the ball before the England striker can get there.

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14:17

Having made a 10-game unbeaten start in the Premier League this season, Spurs have lost their last two matches. They’ve opened the scoring in both of these defeats, with only four teams ever losing three consecutive Premier League games after scoring first – Blackburn in April 2007, Sunderland in February 2011, Wolves in April 2012 and Leicester in December 2014.

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14:15

SAVED!!! Martinez to the rescue for Villa! A delightful flick from Kulusevski puts Gil through on goal, but his well-hit shot is parried by a diving Martinez! Porro follows in with a close-range header but can only send it over the bar as Villa continue to hang on here!

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14:14

Udogie turns brilliantly to create shooting space in the box off Lo Celso’s pass, but he chooses to pass rather than pull the trigger and it’s intercepted by Carlos for Villa!

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14:11

WIDE!! Villa win a free-kick on the left wing and Digne delivers a pinpoint cross into the box. Torres rises to meet the ball in the centre, but his cushioned header back across the face of goal drifts beyond the post!

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14:09

OFF THE POST!!! Another early opening for Spurs! Kulusevski ghosts past Torres to latch onto Son’s smart throughball and steps away from Carlos before shooting. Martinez is beaten, but the ball rattles back off the far post, and Son’s rebound on the angle is blocked behind by Luiz with Villa at sixes and sevens!

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14:07

OVER!!! Udogie races in behind the defence to get on the end of a long ball forward from Lo Celso, but can’t keep his composure in the box and skies his shot with Martinez stranded!

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14:06

Spurs have lost two of their last three home league games against Villa, losing 2-0 loss in this fixture last season. They’ve not lost consecutive home games against the Villans since August 1995.

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14:05

McGinn beats Porro down the left and fires in a deflected cross from the byline, which Cash can’t quite get onto the end of as Spurs survive an early scare!

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14:03

After a minute’s applause to reflect on the life of former Tottenham and England manager Terry Venables, who passed away yesterday, Diaby gets the game underway for Aston Villa.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa

14:01

The teams head out onto the pitch at a packed-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and we’ll be ready for kick-off in just a matter of moments.

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13:48

Defender Diego Carlos is the only incoming player for Villa, replacing Youri Tielemans following the 3-1 win over Fulham. That change sees Ezri Konsa move to right-back, and Matty Cash pushing forward into a wide midfield role, with captain John McGinn occupying the opposite flank.

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13:48

It’s a Tottenham side that’s been ravaged by injuries, with a defence made up entirely of full-backs and a frontline featuring four wingers. Spurs have made four changes from their 2-1 loss at Wolves last time out, with Bentancur, Lo Celso and Bryan Gil coming in alongside the returning Destiny Udogie. Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr are both absent through suspension and injury respectively, while Emerson Royal and Ben Davies move into centre-back roles.

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13:46

ASTON VILLA SUBS: Robin Olsen, Youri Tielemans, Alex Moreno, Clement Lenglet, Jhon Duran, Leon Bailey, Leander Dendoncker, Jacob Ramsey, Tim Iroegbunam.

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13:46

ASTON VILLA (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez; Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne; Matty Cash, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn; Moussa Diaby, Ollie Watkins.

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13:41

TOTTENHAM SUBS: Fraser Forster, Brandon Austin, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Eric Dier, Alejo Veliz, Jamie Donley, Alfie Dorrington.

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13:41

TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Emerson Royal, Ben Davies, Destiny Udogie; Rodrigo Bentancur, Giovani Lo Celso; Bryan Gil, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson; Son Heung-Min.

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13:38

Unai Emery’s resurgent Villans will be no pushovers though, sitting just a point and a place behind Spurs coming into this one. Villa responded to a shock 2-0 loss at Nottingham Forest with a 3-1 victory over Fulham last time out, and three points in north London would take them level on points with third-placed Liverpool.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa

13:38

Spurs’ high-flying, unbeaten start to the season has come crashing down in recent weeks, losing back-to-back to Chelsea and Wolves prior to the international break. Ange Postecoglou’s side remain fourth in the table though, and could climb to second and close the gap on leaders Arsenal to just a point if they win here.

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13:33

Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this Premier League fixture, as Tottenham host Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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13:30

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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