da prosport bet： Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa have participated in excellent encounters over the years and they will lock horns once again on the first gameweek of the 2019/20 Premier League campaign – but what are the most memorable meetings between the two?
da roleta： The first time these two clashed was in 1903. It was Spurs who emerged victorious in a thrilling 3-2 FA Cup quarter-final meeting at White Hart Lane.
Since that encounter, they have met 163 times – Villa winning 56 matches while Spurs have been victorious on 72 occasions.
Villa return to the top-flight of English football for the first time since 2016 and will be making their first-ever visit to the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Lilywhites inherit ambitions of their own with their eyes firmly lodged on the Premier League title despite the competition both Liverpool and Manchester City will provide.
Spurs have won the battle in head-to-head meetings against Villa, but what are the most memorable matches between these two sides?
Spurs 6-2 Villa, September 1960
Spurs hammered Villa 6-2 in 1958 and history repeated itself two years later with thousands in attendance.
John White scored a brace for Tottenham on the day and ensured the hosts ran out worthy winners in an eight-goal thriller at White Hart Lane.
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Villa 0-2 Spurs, February 1961
The two sides met six months after the 6-2 clash and Villa failed to capitalise on the magic of the FA Cup.
The home fans packed out Villa Park in hope of advancing to the sixth round of the competition but an own goal and Cliff Jones’ strike ensured Spurs came out the tie as worthy winners.
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Spurs 0-1 Villa, October 1966
Their first win away to Spurs since 1934. Villa remained a resilient outfit in the year of England’s World Cup success and came out as deserved winners.
The likes of Jimmy Greaves and Terry Venables were not enough to stop Villa from collecting all three points courtesy of a Lew Chatterley goal.
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Villa 0-2 Spurs, February 1971
A League Cup final meeting between the two sides was narrowly claimed by Tottenham.
Martin Chivers netted in the 78th minute to give Spurs the lead and scored his second of the day eight minutes from time to write himself into the history books at Wembley.
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Villa 3-0 Spurs, October 1980
Spurs suffered a humiliating defeat to Villa in 1980 and it was the Clarets’ third successive win against their opponents.
Peter Withe opened the scoring and a Tony Morley brace gave the hosts an excellent victory at Villa Park.
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Spurs 2-0 Villa, March 1981
Tottenham put an end to their three-game winless streak against Villa with a comfortable victory at White Hart Lane.
Steve Archibald and Garth Crooks – who is now a pundit with BBC – scored the goals on the day in front of 35,000 spectators.
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Spurs 1-3 Villa, September 1981
A period where Villa proved to be a bogey team for Spurs and the Clarets proved that again with an outstanding away perfomance.
Terry Donovan scored a brace and Dennis Mortimer completed the scoring to give the traveling support plenty to cheer about.
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Villa 4-0 Spurs, October 1982
Villa have produced some memorable matches at Villa Park and this was certainly one of them.
Tony Morley, Gary Shaw and a Gordon Cowans brace were the difference on the day and Tottenham suffered a humiliating defeat.
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Spurs 2-1 Villa, September 1990
Gary Lineker is one of England’s greatest ever strikers and he provided the decisive goal in this clash.
David Platt scored for the visitors but Paul Allen and Lineker struck to give Spurs all three points on the day.
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Villa 1-1 Spurs, April 1997
The first draw between the two sides since 1993 came courtesy of a late Dwight Yorke goal for Villa.
Ramon Vega originally opened the scoring for Spurs but an 81st-minute equaliser from Yorke meant they shared the points. Paul McVeigh made his debut for Tottenham after joining the club as a trainee.
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