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Tottenham 3-2 Aston Villa - August 27, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 4

White Hart Lane - London - England

August 27, 1997

26 317

Tottenham

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Les Ferdinand

66'

Ruel Fox

77'

27'

Dwight Yorke

58'

Stan Collymore

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6' - Goal Les Ferdinand6

27' - Goal Dwight Yorke

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58' - Goal Stan Collymore

59' - Substitution Justin Edinburghis substituted by Gary Mabbutt59

66' - Goal Les Ferdinand66

77' - Goal Ruel Fox77

83' - Substitution Les Ferdinandis substituted by Neale Fenn83

86' - Substitution Ugo Ehioguis substituted by Sasa Curcic

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

3 - 2

Aston Villa

Tottenham Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Scales

John Scales

England

B.date04/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Calderwood

Colin Calderwood

Scotland

B.date20/01/1965

Age32 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Edinburgh59

Justin Edinburgh

England

B.date18/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Howells

David Howells

England

B.date15/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fox77

Ruel Fox

Montserrat

B.date14/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Sinton

Andy Sinton

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Ferdinand66683

Les Ferdinand

England

B.date08/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Iversen

Steffen Iversen

Norway

B.date10/11/1976

Age20 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		25	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Scales		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Calderwood		32	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Justin Edinburgh	59	27	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Howells		29	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruel Fox	77	29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Sinton		31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Clemence		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Ferdinand	66683	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steffen Iversen		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu86

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke27

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Collymore58

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu	86	24	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		28	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Charles		27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	27	25	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore	58	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Mabbutt	59	36	590	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Neale Fenn	83	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Sasa Curcic	86	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ruel Fox

David Ginola

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Townsend

Simon Grayson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gerry Francis

133

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Francis vs Aston Villa

5 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Francis vs Little

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

130

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Tottenham

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Little vs Francis

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Referee

Mike Riley

8 victories	9 draws	11 losses	Tottenham28 matches	General total	Aston Villa30 matches	7 victories	10 draws	13 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Tottenham3 matches	Season total	Aston Villa2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 27, 2009					Latest figure on May 16, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time Ruel Fox scores a goal in his professional career with Tottenham since the 19/10/1996 (with Tottenham vs Middlesbrough )

Aston Villa keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 03/05/1997).

Les Ferdinand scored 9 goals vs Aston Villa in Premier League

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 1-0 Leeds United15/03/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Wimbledon FC05/04/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough24/04/1997

LTottenham 1-2 Coventry11/05/1997

LTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Derby County23/08/1997

Overall

VTottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough24/04/1997

LLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham03/05/1997

LTottenham 1-2 Coventry11/05/1997

LTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

LWest Ham 2-1 Tottenham13/08/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Derby County23/08/1997

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Aston Villa09/04/1997

LDerby County 2-1 Aston Villa12/04/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

LMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

LNewcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa23/08/1997

Overall

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

LMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Southampton11/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

LAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

LNewcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa23/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	7	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	5	3
Drawless streak	3	5
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Les Ferdinand	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Colin Calderwood	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Colin Calderwood	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

31 v

9 d

22 l

118 gf

95 ga

Away

58 matches

19 v

15 d

24 l

82 gf

86 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

122 matches

51 v

25 d

46 l

204 gf

183 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

24 v

15 d

19 l

86 gf

82 ga

Away

62 matches

22 v

9 d

31 l

95 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

122 matches

46 v

25 d

51 l

183 gf

204 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 30, 1982
Away	5 - 2	April 04, 1992

Latest head to head

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Tottenham

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Tottenham

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 21, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Tottenham

August 23, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Tottenham

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1962 - 1969
Mark Falco	8 goals	1981 - 1986
Bobby Smith	7 goals	1957 - 1961
Terry Dyson	6 goals	1960 - 1964
Clive Allen	5 goals	1986 - 1986
Martin Chivers	5 goals	1968 - 1971

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

David Platt	5 goals	1990 - 1991
Gordon Cowans	4 goals	1979 - 1982
Peter Withe	4 goals	1980 - 1982
Tony Hateley	4 goals	1966 - 1966
Andy Gray	3 goals	1975 - 1979
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1962 - 1962

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

Gary Mabbutt	25 matches	1982 - 1995
Steve Perryman	21 matches	1971 - 1985
Glenn Hoddle	20 matches	1976 - 1987
Chris Hughton	16 matches	1979 - 1990
Mark Falco	14 matches	1980 - 1986
Ray Clemence	13 matches	1981 - 1987

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

Gordon Cowans	19 matches	1977 - 1991
Allan Evans	17 matches	1978 - 1988
Paul McGrath	15 matches	1989 - 1996
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Nigel Spink	14 matches	1983 - 1993
Gary Williams	12 matches	1979 - 1987