Tottenham vs Aston Villa betting tips: Prediction, best bets and odds

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Tottenham Hotspur welcome Aston Villa on Saturday with both sides still hunting their first Premier League win of the season (12:30, TNT Sports 1).

They find themselves at the wrong end of the league table after four games, although Villa have at least won two of their last three games in all competitions.

They kicked off their Champions League campaign with a 3-2 win away at Club Brugge and beat Coventry 3-1 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, while Spurs were beaten by the same scoreline away at Liverpool.

Spurs’ only goals of the campaign have come in the Carabao Cup, where Mikey Moore, Dominic Solanke, Kevin Danso, Savio, Ben Davies and Conor Gallagher have all been on the scoresheet, but in the league, they have managed just 34 shots in their four games.

Aston Villa sit bottom of the shots stats with only 25 so far, but they did score their first goal last time out when Alysson equalised in the home game with Nottingham Forest, only for Igor Jesus to score the winner for the visitors with two minutes remaining.

Viewed as top four contenders by betting sites before a ball was kicked, both sides have seen their odds for Champions League qualification drift with Spurs out to 11/1 and Villa 20/1 heading into a crunch game for these two, even at this early stage of the season.

The stats suggest we shouldn’t expect a high-scoring match on Saturday, but surely Spurs have to break their deadlock at some point?

The last three meetings, all last season, finished 2-1 to the away team, while both teams have scored in five of the last six matches.

Spurs lost twice at home last season, first in the league when Morgan Rogers and Emiliano Buendia cancelled out Rodrigo Bentancur’s early opener.

The same pair also scored in a 2-1 FA Cup third-round win, and although Rogers has moved on, Buendia has now taken on a more central attacking role for the Villans.

He scored in last season’s 2-1 home defeat to Spurs to take his tally against Saturday’s opponents to four.

The Argentine has only scored once so far this season, and that came in the win over Club Brugge, but football betting sites are offering 4/1 on him scoring at any time.

Tottenham vs Aston Villa prediction 1: Buendia to score – 4/1 Bet365

There hasn’t been a draw between these two sides since May 2012 when Emmanuel Adebayor converted from the penalty spot to cancel out Ciaran Clark’s first-half strike.

Since then, Spurs have won 15 of the meetings and lost just seven, but they have won just one of their last four at home.

With both sides struggling with confidence, in both boxes, it’s hard to pick either side to stand out – instead we fear a nervy 90 minutes between two sides desperate not to lose before a three-week international break.

Spurs are the favourites for victory on betting apps, at odds of 21/20, and the 14/5 you can get on a Villa win seems overly generous. Yet it’s still not enough to persuade us that the best match bet isn’t the draw.

Tottenham vs Aston Villa prediction 2: Draw – 13/5 Betfred

Tottenham: Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Fernandes, Bentancur; Savio, Maddison, Marmoush; Solanke

Aston Villa: Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Ruggeri; Kamara, Barkley; Mbaye, McGinn, Hemmings; Abraham

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