Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture

Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

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Goal Jacob Matthew Ramsey

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Worrying early signs for Tottenham, as Romero has gone down holding his ankle ahead of a second Villa corner-kick. The Argentina international gets back to his feet and looks to carry on after taking a moment for himself, though he’s moving somewhat gingerly.

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Despite initially lining Spurs up with a three-man defence, it looks as though Mason has instructed his side to match Villa’s 4-4-2 formation. Romero and Lenglet occupy central defence with Emerson and Davies as full-backs, behind wingers Porro and Son. Richarlison steps forward to pair with Kane, in front of Skipp and Hojbjerg in the middle of the park.

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Emerson dives into a tackle on Ramsey and does just enough to poke the ball away from the winger and over the byline. The Villa faithful are hoping for a free-kick but the referee points to the corner for a first set-piece of the day.

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Tottenham get the match underway from the kick-off!

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Tottenham name an unchanged starting line-up from the team that beat Crystal Palace 1-0 last weekend. Forster starts in goal behind a three-man defence of Lenglet, Romero and Emerson. Davies and Porro operate as wing-backs either side of Hojbjerg and Skipp, while Richarlison and Son are tasked with supplying striker and captain Kane.

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Aston Villa make a single change from the XI that lost 1-0 to Wolves seven days ago, with Bailey preferred over Traore on the right wing.

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TOTTENHAM SUBS: Davinson Sanchez, Brandon Austin, Arnaut Danjuma, Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Kulusevski, Matthew Craig, Pape Sarr, Lucas Moura.

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TOTTENHAM XI (3-4-2-1): Fraser Forster; Emerson Royal, Cristian Romero, Clement Lenglet; Pedro Porro, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Ben Davies; Son Heung-Min, Richarlison; Harry Kane.

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ASTON VILLA SUBS: Calum Chambers, Lucas Digne, Jhon Duran, Bertrand Traore, Robin Olsen, Leander Dendoncker, Diego Carlos, Matthew Cash, Boubacar Kamara.

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ASTON VILLA XI (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez; Alex Moreno, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Ashley Young; Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Leon Bailey; Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendia.

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With 15 minutes to go before kick-off, let’s take a look at how the two sides are lining up - starting with our hosts!

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Tottenham are running out of time to secure a Champions League spot, with Spurs six points back of Manchester United in fourth. Ryan Mason’s side got back to winning ways last weekend with a narrow 1-0 win over London rivals Crystal Palace, which ended a poor spell that saw them pick up just one of the previous 12 points on offer.

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A 1-0 defeat to Wolves last weekend made it two in a row by the same score for Aston Villa, which comes after an impressive 10-match unbeaten run to start Unai Emery’s tenure as coach. Just three points behind today’s opponents with three matches to go, Villa are still squarely in the mix for European competition next year, though they face a tough run of fixtures with their remaining opponents all currently in the top seven.

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Hello and welcome to our LIVE commentary of the Premier League fixture between Aston Villa and Tottenham!

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