Villa travel to Tottenham seeking first Premier League win of the season

Aston Villa head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday lunchtime looking for their first Premier League win of the 2026-27 campaign. The early 12:30 kick-off pits two sides who have yet to register a top-flight victory against one another, according to Sports Mole's weekend preview.

Unai Emery's squad will arrive in north London buoyed by Wednesday's 3-1 Carabao Cup success at the Coventry Building Society Arena. That result followed a frustrating run in the league where Villa drew 0-0 at Hull City and lost 1-2 at home to Nottingham Forest, although they did manage to end their domestic goal drought during gameweek four.

Sports Mole suggests that returning personnel and growing confidence could make Villa a more familiar attacking threat this weekend. The publication points out that Roberto De Zerbi's Tottenham have drawn their last two matches and had an extra day to prepare after their own midweek cup commitments.

Villa's league record so far includes a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal on the final day of August, before the stalemate at the MKM Stadium and the loss to Forest. Their Champions League form has been brighter, with a 3-2 away win at Club Brugge earlier this month providing evidence of what Emery's restructured squad can produce when chances are taken.

Saturday's fixture represents another opportunity for Villa to translate cup and European performances into Premier League points. With the January transfer window not opening until 2027, Emery must work with the group assembled over a busy summer to turn promising displays into results.