Seeking a sixth successive home win with a clean sheet for the first time ever in the Premier League, Aston Villa welcome fellow European outsiders Tottenham Hotspur to Villa Park on Saturday.
The eighth-placed Lions fell to a 1-0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, while Ryan Mason's side consolidated their sixth-placed standing by beating Crystal Palace by the same scoreline, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
ASTON VILLA vs. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
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ASTON VILLA
Out: Jed Steer (calf)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Moreno; McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Ramsey; Buendia, Watkins
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Out: Hugo Lloris (hip), Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring), Rodrigo Bentancur (knee)
Doubtful: Clement Lenglet (shoulder)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Forster; Emerson, Romero, Lenglet, Davies; Porro, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Son; Richarlison, Kane
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Ben Knapton
