(Football news) After a 0-0 Europa Conference League match with Ajax, Aston Viilla will make their top-flight debut; last weekend, the Lilywhites overcame a goal deficit to defeat Crystal Palace 3-1. In an attempt to turn his unmatched Europa League triumph into a Europa Conference League championship with Aston Villa, head coach Emery of the Lions managed a tight match against Ajax in the first leg of their round of 16 match, in which both teams had a player sent off in the last moments.

Villa came away from Amsterdam with a creditable goalless draw, even though Konsa and Gooijer both received the walk of shame for two bookable offenses. As a result, they are now the favorites to continue their European journey at home in the second leg next week.

Before their quest for continental supremacy resumes, the Lions go in search of a fourth Premier League win on the trot, having overcome Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Luton Town – defeating the latter thanks to a last-gap Lucas Digne header – to wrestle back control of the race for Champions League football.

Sitting fourth in the table with a five-point gap to Tottenham – albeit with a game in hand – Emery’s men will put a serious dent in the Lilywhites’ top-four aspirations with victory on Sunday, which would also mark their first four-game top-flight winning sequence of the season.

However, the hosts have developed a propensity for leaking goals in the top flight – conceding multiple times in four of their last six Premier League affairs – but their magnificent scoring streak at Villa Park now stands at 27 top-flight matches since drawing a blank against Chelsea in October 2022.

As has been tradition for Tottenham Hotspur in 2024, Ange Postecoglou’s men conceded first a Premier League home game for the fourth time in a row last weekend, where Palace hotshot Eberechi Eze fizzed a venomous free kick out of Guglielmo Vicario’s reach early in the second half.

Tottenham Hotspurs had shown minimal signs of life in attack before Eze’s sensational set-piece, but Postecoglou’s offensive forces quickly came to life when there was a deficit to make up, as Timo Werner, Cristian Romero and Son Heung-min turned the London derby on its head.

On account of their first win by at least a two-goal margin in 2024, Postecoglou’s team – who have often flattered to deceive in the current calendar year performance-wise – will move to within two points of Villa with success on Sunday, where a triumph would also put their Champions League destiny back into their own hands thanks to their match in hand.

Tottenham has scored and conceded goals in nine consecutive Premier League games, including their crushing of Palace. However, their away record is dismal; in the last three games, Postecoglou’s team has lost and has only managed one victory out of six.

When it comes to winning streaks of three or more games, Villa has defeated Tottenham in each of their last three Premier League games. However, Tottenham Hotspurs come to Villa Park having won their previous five away games in the top flight, despite frequently being let down by a lack of defensive discipline.

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