Premier League Gameweek 38 Sun, May 30 · 16:00 Villa Park, Birmingham
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Away travel163 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Aston Villa—%
Draw—%
Tottenham—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Birmingham)

Forecast from 15 May

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Aston Villa and Tottenham. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Aston VillaTottenham
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
82 Current StrengthIn forecast 62
83 AttackIn forecast 56
78 DefenceIn forecast 74
84 Form indexContext 58
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Aston Villa

Attack—
Defense risk—

Tottenham

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Aston VillaTottenham
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
1.57 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.43
1.13 xGVia Att/Def 1.07
1.67 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.35
-0.13 Goals minus xGContext -0.21
57% Scored inContext 43%
29% Clean sheetsContext 29%
11.86 ShotsContext 14.14
4.40 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.50
27% On target shareContext 27%
8.00 Shots in the boxContext 8.57
64% Box shareContext 60%
8% ConversionContext 6%
1.75 OffsidesContext 2.86
15.86 Shots allowedContext 14.14
4.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.71
3.83 BlocksContext 4.00
3.14 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.50
71% Save rateContext 63%
48% PossessionIn forecast 61%
410 PassesContext 535
339 Accurate passesContext 470
83% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.72 Team ratingContext 6.84
10.71 FoulsContext 13.86
13.00 Fouls sufferedContext 13.71
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.29
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.14
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.90
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.30
1.52 xGVia Att/Def 1.16
1.66 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.18
+0.28 Goals minus xGContext -0.26
70% Scored inContext 60%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
13.60 ShotsContext 14.40
5.88 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.89
35% On target shareContext 24%
9.10 Shots in the boxContext 9.60
65% Box shareContext 67%
13% ConversionContext 6%
1.57 OffsidesContext 2.44
15.60 Shots allowedContext 12.90
4.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.50
4.22 BlocksContext 3.40
3.30 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.33
73% Save rateContext 64%
46% PossessionIn forecast 59%
404 PassesContext 510
340 Accurate passesContext 443
84% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.91 Team ratingContext 6.85
10.50 FoulsContext 14.20
12.20 Fouls sufferedContext 13.20
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.80
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Aston Villa
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km227 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 84 · 10 pts vs 5.3 for an average club · +1.5 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Newcastle1–01.6 xPts
  • W14 OctH · Fenerbahce6–02.0 xPts
  • D10 OctH · Brentford2–21.7 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Tottenham3–21.5 xPts
  • L12 SepH · Nottingham Forest1–21.8 xPts
Tottenham
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel163 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 58 · 6 pts vs 5.1 for an average club · -0.0 vs expected
  • W19 OctH · Coventry3–11.8 xPts
  • D10 OctA · Manchester United1–10.7 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Aston Villa2–31.3 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Everton0–01.4 xPts
  • D5 SepA · Nottingham Forest0–00.9 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Aston Villa Tottenham
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Premier League 2026-2027, 23 May7Premier League 2026-2027, 23 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km163 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways227 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one——

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Aston Villa Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Newcastle (A) 1–0, 17 Oct
1Z. Suzuki(G)
29A. Wan-Bissaka 5T. Mings 3V. Lindelöf 2M. Cash
35João Gomes 8B. Kamara
10E. Buendía 44J. Manzambi 47Alysson Edward
11N. Jackson
Tottenham Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Coventry (H) 3–1, 19 Oct
31A. Kinský(G)
3A. Robertson 37M. van de Ven 4T. Adarabioyo 6J. van Hecke
16S. Tonali 14A. Gray
22O. Marmoush 10J. Maddison 20M. Kudus
19D. Solanke

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Aston Villa Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Tottenham Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Aston Villa · Home 0.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
0-1-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.67
Tottenham · Away 0.67points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-2-1
Scored
0.33
Conceded
1.33

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 14 meetings

7 Aston Villa wins0 draws3 Tottenham wins
Goals per game1.70 – 1.60 Over 2.580% Both scored70% Clean sheets20% · 10%
  • 19 Sep 2026Tottenham2–3Aston Villa
  • 3 May 2026Aston Villa1–2Tottenham
  • 10 Jan 2026Tottenham1–2Aston Villa
  • 19 Oct 2025Tottenham1–2Aston Villa
  • 16 May 2025Aston Villa2–0Tottenham
  • 3 Nov 2024Tottenham4–1Aston Villa

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Aston Villa6 games · scored 7 · conceded 10
1 2 0-15
2 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 76-90
Tottenham7 games · scored 6 · conceded 10
1 1 0-15
16-30
2 31-45
1 2 46-60
4 61-75
4 1 76-90
Aston Villa9 games · scored 18 · conceded 13
3 2 0-15
1 4 16-30
5 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
5 1 61-75
3 4 76-90
Tottenham10 games · scored 9 · conceded 13
1 1 0-15
1 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 6 61-75
4 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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