Tottenham vs Aston Villa — Premier League result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Premier League·Saturday, 19 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Tottenham

48%

top pick

Draw

27%

Aston Villa

25%

result

Final score

2–3

Top pick missed

Metis gave an Aston Villa win 25.0% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Tottenham win. Expected goals 1.49–1.08 against 2–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals48%5 scored
Both teams score52%yes
Tottenham clean sheet34%no
Aston Villa clean sheet22%no
Tottenham score 2+45%yes
Aston Villa score 2+29%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3978
1X2 Brier score0.8673
Probability on the result25.0%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.8%), 1–0 (11.9%), 2–1 (10.7%). It finished 2–3.

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Tottenham

22 AugAvs Brentford0–3L
29 AugHvs Newcastle0–2L
5 SeptAvs Nottm Forest0–0D
12 SeptHvs Everton0–0D
19 SeptHvs Aston Villa2–3L

Aston Villa

23 AugAvs Brighton0–4L
31 AugHvs Arsenal0–1L
5 SeptAvs Hull0–0D
12 SeptHvs Nottm Forest1–2L
19 SeptAvs Tottenham3–2W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatTottenham
(Home · 5 matches)
Aston Villa
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%25.0%
Over 2.5 rate40.0%50.0%
Clean sheet40.0%50.0%
Avg goals2.602.50

Home stats use Tottenham's home record; away stats use Aston Villa's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.