App exclusive: Aston Villa 0-2 Spurs - the numbers
We returned to winning ways on Sunday evening as we defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League.
Despite a steady start at Villa Park, we found ourselves in front on 29 minutes as Carlos Vinicius slotted home his first league goal in England after great work from Lucas Moura and Harry Kane. In control of proceedings, we then doubled our lead to seal the win on 68 minutes as Harry rifled the ball home from the penalty spot after he had been brought down in the box by Matty Cash.
Here’s a look at some of the key statistics and numbers behind the game...
Exemplary Lucas
150 - Lucas Moura made his 150th appearance for the Club in the victory over Aston Villa.
18 - Lucas made 18 passes in the final third and created four chances in the clash.
8 - The forward also recovered the ball eight times in the game and made four clearances.
8 - He attempted eight take-ons - the most of any player - and won six free-kicks.
85 - Our number 27 had 85 touches of the ball - more than any other player.
7 - He provided one assist against Villa - in all competitions, only Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son (both 16) have provided more assists than Lucas this season (7).
43 - No player has made more appearances for us than the Brazilian this season (43).
Unstoppable Kane
30 - Harry Kane has now been directly involved in 30 goals in the Premier League this season (17 goals, 13 assists) - four more times than any other player in the competition while only one other player across Europe’s ‘top five’ leagues has contributed to more goals (Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski - 41).
43 - In all competitions, Harry has been directly been involved in 43 goals (27 goals, 16 assists) - only in the 2017/18 season has he ever been involved in more goals in a single campaign in his career (46 - 41 goals, five assists).
6 - The England skipper has scored six goals in his last four games against Aston Villa.
9 - In his seven Premier League appearances against Villa to date, our number 10 has been involved in nine goals (seven goals, two assists).
Villa Park run continues
1 - We have lost just one of our last 20 encounters with Aston Villa in all competitions.
12 - We have come out on top against the Villans in 12 of our last 13 meetings.
6 - We have won each of our last six Premier League away games at Villa Park - only once before in our history have we won more away matches in a row against a single top-flight opponent - that, coincidentally, was also against Villa (a run of seven games between 1950 and 1956).
13 - Our last Premier League defeat at Villa Park came over 13 years ago - a 2-1 reverse back in January, 2008.
1 - Our win against Villa was our first victory outside of London in the league since 17 January, when we defeated Sheffield United 3-1.
4 - We have now won four of our last five Premier League games.
Other notable numbers
12 - Carlos Vinicius has been directly involved in 12 goals in just nine starts for us (nine goals, three assists).
151 - Vinicius was our 151st different goalscorer in the Premier League while he is the fifth Brazilian to score for us in the competition.
6 - Only against Crystal Palace (9) and Everton (7), has Hugo Lloris kept more Premier League clean sheets than against Aston Villa (6).
