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Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa - March 21, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 35

White Hart Lane - London - England

March 21, 1981

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Garth Crooks

41'

Steve Archibald

45+28'

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41' - Goal Garth Crooks41

73' - Goal Steve Archibald73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Tottenham Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Aleksic

Milija Aleksic

England

B.date14/04/1951

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Miller

Paul Miller

England

B.date11/10/1959

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Roberts

Graham Roberts

England

B.date03/07/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

Hughton

Chris Hughton

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/12/1958

Age22 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age29 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight central midfielder

Brooke

Garry Brooke

England

B.date24/11/1960

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age23 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Archibald73

Steve Archibald

Scotland

B.date27/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Crooks41

Garth Crooks

England

B.date10/03/1958

Age23 years

H1m73

positionForward

Galvin

Tony Galvin

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1956

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Milija Aleksic		29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Miller		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Roberts		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hughton		22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman		29	542	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles		28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Brooke		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle		23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Archibald	73	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garth Crooks	41	23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Galvin		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age20 years

positionDefender

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age22 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Geddis

David Geddis

England

B.date12/03/1958

Age23 years

positionMidfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Bremner

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age28 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Morley

Tony Morley

England

B.date26/08/1954

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Shaw

Gary Shaw

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age20 years

H1m75

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	33	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain	29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	28	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	22	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Geddis	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	26	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner	28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Morley	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Shaw	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Milija Aleksic

Barry Daines

OUT

Garry Brooke

Don McAllister

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Geddis

Peter Withe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

238

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Burkinshaw vs Aston Villa

3 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1981

Burkinshaw vs Saunders

5 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

351

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Saunders vs Tottenham

7 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1981

Saunders vs Burkinshaw

6 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 1981

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Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.09 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Tottenham after 14 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Aston Villa in Premier League (since 03/04/1965). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/02/1951 (12 matches)

Steve Perryman played his game number 10 vs Aston Villa in Premier League

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 2-0 Hull City24/01/1981

DTottenham 1-1 Leeds United07/02/1981

VTottenham 3-1 Coventry14/02/1981

LTottenham 1-2 Leicester21/02/1981

VTottenham 2-0 Exeter City07/03/1981

DTottenham 2-2 Stoke City11/03/1981

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Tottenham17/02/1981

LTottenham 1-2 Leicester21/02/1981

DSunderland 1-1 Tottenham28/02/1981

VTottenham 2-0 Exeter City07/03/1981

DTottenham 2-2 Stoke City11/03/1981

LIpswich Town 3-0 Tottenham14/03/1981

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa27/12/1980

LIpswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa03/01/1981

VCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa17/01/1981

VEverton 1-3 Aston Villa07/02/1981

VWolverhampton 0-1 Aston Villa28/02/1981

VSunderland 1-2 Aston Villa07/03/1981

Overall

VAston Villa 1-0 Manchester City31/01/1981

VEverton 1-3 Aston Villa07/02/1981

VAston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace21/02/1981

VWolverhampton 0-1 Aston Villa28/02/1981

VSunderland 1-2 Aston Villa07/03/1981

DAston Villa 3-3 Manchester United14/03/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	18	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	33
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
12	Victories (Competition total)	21
8	Victories (Home / Away)	9
12	Draws (Competition total)	7
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	58
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
56	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
25	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.74	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.59
1.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.91
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (5 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steve Archibald	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Gary Shaw
Steve Archibald	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Gary Shaw
Glenn Hoddle	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gordon Cowans
Glenn Hoddle	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Gordon Cowans
Steve Archibald	18 goals during the last 26 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 10 matches	Peter Withe

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

7 d

14 l

91 gf

70 ga

Away

41 matches

16 v

9 d

16 l

69 gf

66 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

85 matches

39 v

16 d

30 l

162 gf

136 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

16 v

9 d

16 l

66 gf

69 ga

Away

43 matches

14 v

7 d

22 l

70 gf

91 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

85 matches

30 v

16 d

39 l

136 gf

162 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 21, 1964
Home	4 - 0	November 21, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 25, 1911
Away	4 - 1	August 23, 1978

Latest head to head

October 18, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Tottenham

April 26, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Tottenham

December 15, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Tottenham

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 24, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

2 - 3

Tottenham

August 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Tottenham

1 - 4

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1962 - 1969
Bobby Smith	7 goals	1957 - 1961
Terry Dyson	6 goals	1960 - 1964
Martin Chivers	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Cliff Jones	4 goals	1962 - 1968
Glenn Hoddle	4 goals	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Tony Hateley	4 goals	1966 - 1966
Andy Gray	3 goals	1975 - 1979
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1962 - 1962
John Deehan	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Tony Morley	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Alan Deakin	2 goals	1962 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Maurice Norman	13 matches	1957 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	13 matches	1962 - 1969
Dave Mackay	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Henry	11 matches	1958 - 1965
Cliff Jones	11 matches	1958 - 1968
Bill Brown	11 matches	1960 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1975
John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Deakin	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Jimmy MacEwan	8 matches	1960 - 1966
Harry Burrows	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Mick Wright	7 matches	1963 - 1967