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Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham - March 24, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Journée 34

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 24, 1979

Aston Villa

2 - 3

Tottenham

(penalty) John Gidman

Andy Gray

Glenn Hoddle

Chris Jones

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0' - Goal John Gidman photo Andy Gray

0' - Goal Andy Gray0

0' - Goal Glenn Hoddle photo Glenn Hoddle

0' - Goal Glenn Hoddle photo Chris Jones

0' - Goal Chris Jones

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 3

Tottenham

Aston Villa Tottenham

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age18 years

positionDefender

Gidman0

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Gray0

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams	18	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Tottenham

Kendall

Mark Kendall

Wales

B.date20/09/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Naylor

Terry Naylor

England

B.date05/12/1948

Age30 years

positionDefender

McAllister

Don McAllister

England

B.date26/05/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Lacy

John Lacy

England

B.date14/08/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age27 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Villa

Ricardo Villa

Argentina

B.date18/08/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age26 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Pratt

John Pratt

England

B.date26/06/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Hoddle00

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Jones0

Chris Jones

England

B.date18/04/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Kendall	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Naylor	30	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don McAllister	25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Lacy	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman	27	436	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricardo Villa	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Pratt	30	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Jones	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

132

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Jones

Colin Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

247

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Tottenham

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Saunders vs Burkinshaw

3 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

130

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Burkinshaw vs Aston Villa

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Burkinshaw vs Saunders

4 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 28% of losses .

Tottenham keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 03/03/1979).

It's the first time Chris Jones scores a goal in Premier League with since the 30/04/1977 (with vs )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-0 Bristol City18/11/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Norwich City16/12/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 Leeds United26/12/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/1979

Overall

DEverton 1-1 Aston Villa31/01/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/1979

Current form

Away

VAltrincham 0-3 Tottenham16/01/1979

VCoventry 1-3 Tottenham10/02/1979

VWrexham 2-3 Tottenham21/02/1979

LBirmingham City 1-0 Tottenham24/02/1979

VOldham Athletic 0-1 Tottenham28/02/1979

LManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/03/1979

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-0 Tottenham24/02/1979

VOldham Athletic 0-1 Tottenham28/02/1979

VTottenham 2-0 Derby County03/03/1979

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United10/03/1979

LManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/03/1979

DTottenham 0-0 Norwich City17/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	29
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
10	Victories (Competition total)	10
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
11	Draws (Competition total)	10
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
6	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.07
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (3 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Gregory	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Peter Taylor
John Gregory	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Peter Taylor
Andy Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Glenn Hoddle
John Gidman	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Taylor
Allan Evans	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Osvaldo Ardiles

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

14 v

9 d

15 l

60 gf

66 ga

Away

42 matches

13 v

7 d

22 l

68 gf

90 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

81 matches

27 v

16 d

38 l

128 gf

158 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

22 v

7 d

13 l

90 gf

68 ga

Away

38 matches

15 v

9 d

14 l

66 gf

60 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

81 matches

38 v

16 d

27 l

158 gf

128 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 25, 1911
Home	4 - 0	February 25, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 21, 1964
Away	5 - 1	January 06, 1934

Latest head to head

August 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Tottenham

1 - 4

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 30, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Tottenham

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 20, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Tottenham

March 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Tottenham

5 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 11, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Tony Hateley	4 goals	1966 - 1966
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Alan Baker	2 goals	1963 - 1965
John Deehan	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Andy Gray	2 goals	1975 - 1976

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 Aston Villa

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1962 - 1969
Bobby Smith	7 goals	1957 - 1961
Terry Dyson	6 goals	1960 - 1964
Martin Chivers	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Cliff Jones	4 goals	1962 - 1968
John White	3 goals	1960 - 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 Tottenham

Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1975
John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Deakin	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Jimmy MacEwan	8 matches	1960 - 1966
Harry Burrows	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Mick Wright	7 matches	1963 - 1967

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

Maurice Norman	13 matches	1957 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	13 matches	1962 - 1969
Dave Mackay	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Henry	11 matches	1958 - 1965
Cliff Jones	11 matches	1958 - 1968
Bill Brown	11 matches	1960 - 1965