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Tottenham 1-4 Aston Villa - August 23, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 2

White Hart Lane - London - England

August 23, 1978

Tottenham

1 - 4

Aston Villa

(penalty) Glenn Hoddle

Allan Evans

Gary Shelton

John Gregory

Brian Little

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0' - Goal Glenn Hoddle0

0' - Goal Allan Evans photo Gary Shelton

0' - Goal Gary Shelton photo John Gregory

0' - Goal John Gregory photo Brian Little

0' - Goal Brian Little

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

1 - 4

Aston Villa

Tottenham Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Daines

Barry Daines

England

B.date30/09/1951

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Lacy

John Lacy

England

B.date14/08/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

McAllister

Don McAllister

England

B.date26/05/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Gorman

John Gorman

Scotland

B.date16/08/1949

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age26 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age26 years

H1m69

positionRight central midfielder

Taylor

Peter Taylor

England

B.date03/01/1953

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Villa

Ricardo Villa

Argentina

B.date18/08/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Hoddle0

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Moores

Ian Moores

England

B.date05/10/1954

Age23 years

H1m88

positionForward

Armstrong

Gerry Armstrong

Northern Ireland

B.date23/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Barry Daines	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Lacy	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don McAllister	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gorman	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman	26	399	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Taylor	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricardo Villa	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle	20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Moores	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Armstrong	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans0

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Shelton0

Gary Shelton

England

B.date21/03/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age19 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory0

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Little0

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

Shaw

Gary Shaw

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age17 years

H1m75

positionForward

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age29 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	24	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Shelton	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	19	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Shaw	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Shaw

Andy Gray

OUT

John Gregory

Gordon Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Burkinshaw vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1978

Burkinshaw vs Saunders

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

215

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Saunders vs Tottenham

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1978

Saunders vs Burkinshaw

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1978

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Key figures

The last time Tottenham has conceded at least 4 goals at home, It was on the 13/12/1975 (vs )

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of Aston Villa (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a manager go over Ron Saunders with 41% of wins in Premier League (48%).

The last time Tottenham has ended with the score 1-4 at home, It was on the 08/04/1966 (vs )

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 2-1 Charlton11/03/1978

VTottenham 3-1 Stoke City22/03/1978

DTottenham 3-3 Millwall27/03/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Bolton Wanderers08/04/1978

LTottenham 2-3 Sunderland22/04/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Hull City26/04/1978

Overall

VTottenham 1-0 Bolton Wanderers08/04/1978

LBrighton & Hove 3-1 Tottenham15/04/1978

LTottenham 2-3 Sunderland22/04/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Hull City26/04/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Tottenham29/04/1978

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Tottenham19/08/1978

Current form

Away

LFC Barcelona 2-1 Aston Villa15/03/1978

VCoventry 2-3 Aston Villa21/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa29/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa08/04/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa22/04/1978

LWolverhampton 3-1 Aston Villa02/05/1978

Overall

VAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United17/04/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa22/04/1978

VAston Villa 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1978

VAston Villa 6-1 Ipswich Town29/04/1978

LWolverhampton 3-1 Aston Villa02/05/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton19/08/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	13	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	7	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

	Ricardo Villa	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Andy Gray
	Ricardo Villa	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andy Gray

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

22 v

7 d

12 l

89 gf

64 ga

Away

38 matches

15 v

9 d

14 l

66 gf

60 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

80 matches

38 v

16 d

26 l

157 gf

124 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

14 v

9 d

15 l

60 gf

66 ga

Away

41 matches

12 v

7 d

22 l

64 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

80 matches

26 v

16 d

38 l

124 gf

157 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 25, 1911
Away	2 - 0	September 22, 1934

Latest head to head

April 30, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Tottenham

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 20, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Tottenham

March 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Tottenham

5 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 11, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Tottenham

February 27, 1971 - League Cup 1970/1971

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Tottenham

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
John White	3 goals	1960 - 1962

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
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Alan Baker	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Andy Gray	2 goals	1975 - 1976
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

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

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
Harry Burrows	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Jimmy MacEwan	8 matches	1960 - 1966
Mick Wright	7 matches	1963 - 1967