Aston Villa vs Tottenham

Tottenham will travel to Aston villa this weekend after a disappointing weekend before the international break after they were defeated at home by West Harm 3:0, Aston Villa have yet another difficult home game to deal with having already faced Liverpool, Newcaslte and Manchester City at home this season, though against City they managed to spring a surprise victory. Villa have managed to pick up ten points from their opening seven games leaving them in tenth

• Paul Lambert has won more away league games (7) as manager of Aston Villa than he has at Villa Park (6).
• Tottenham are unbeaten in their last nine league meetings with Aston Villa, winning six (D3).
• Andros Townsend has embarked on 50 dribbles in the Premier League this season; more than any other player.
• Townsend has also attempted a league-high 26 shots without scoring a goal this season (including blocked).
• Nacer Chadli has attempted the most shots (inc. blocked) without having a shot on target yet this season (9).
• Aston Villa have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 14 Premier League home games, losing nine in this run (W4 D1).
• Indeed, Paul Lambert's side started this run with a 0-4 defeat at the hands of Spurs back in December 2012, with Gareth Bale netting a hat-trick that day.
• All three of Tottenham's away games this season have ended 1-0 (two wins, one defeat for Spurs).
• Aston Villa have gained more points from losing positions than any other Premier League side this season (six).
• Paul Lambert's side have played the highest percentage of long passes in the Premier League this season (16%).