Premier League

Our referee today is John Brooks, and he will be assisted by Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The fourth official is Anthony Taylor.

Aston Villa: 25 R. Olsen, 18 A. Young, 27 L. Digne, 5 T. Mings, 4 E. Konsa, 7 J. McGinn, 10 E. Buendía, 44 B. Kamara, 6 Douglas Luiz, 11 O. Watkins, 31 L. Bailey. Replacements: 1 E. Martínez, 2 M. Cash 20 J. Bednarek, 16 C. Chambers, 17 L. Augustinsson, 8 M. Sanson, 9 D. Ings, 35 C. Archer, 23 Philippe Coutinho.

Tottenham Hotspur: 1 H. Lloris, 2 M. Doherty, 33 B. Davies 34 C. Lenglet, 17 C. Romero, 14 I. Perišić, 5 P. Højbjerg, 38 Y. Bissouma, 7 Son Heung-Min, 10 H. Kane, 11 Bryan Gil. Replacements: 29 P. Sarr, 6 D. Sánchez, 24 D. Spence, 15 E. Dier, 19 R. Sessegnon, 4 O. Skipp, 20 F. Forster, 12 Emerson, 25 J. Tanganga.

The teams have met 150 times at the top level, with Spurs winning 68 of the clashes. Villa have won just 50 of their meetings, with 32 ending in a draw.

Villa have enjoyed a good run of form, winning three of their last five matches. Their two losses in that spell being against high-riding Newcastle (4-0) and Liverpool (1-3), the latter defeat coming on Boxing Day.

Spurs have won two, lost two and drawn one of their last five matches, with their last match being the 2-2 away draw against Brentford on Boxing Day.

Villa are in 12th place on the Premier League table, earning just 18 points from their 16 matches… and with a negative goal difference of -8 goals.

Spurs are in fifth place on the Premier League table with 30 points from their 16 matches, and a positive goal difference of 10 goals.

Good afternoon, and welcome to our live coverage of the English Premier League clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.