Tottenham as a host will play against Aston Villa later and i think this is interesting match because surprisingly Tottenham cannot last long to occupy first place even last week they have to lose against Wolves and Tottenham opponent Aston Villa has just gets different result because Aston Villa last week can able to beat Fulham at their home ground
Tottenham are in a bad condition now after the two consecutive defeats they suffered will certainly affect the mentality and confidence of this team, especially since they had to give up the top position of the standings to be taken by Manchester City and now Tottenham is even in 3rd place in the Premier League standings.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa are in a good position now so this will be a difficult match for Tottenham to recover from.
I think the possibility of Aston Villa winning points in this match is very big even though this match will be played at Tottenham's home ground.
One of the causes why Tottenham performance was decline because they losing some players especially James Maddison that this player has important role why Tottenham performance was so fantastic even without Kane but when Maddison got injured seems it greatly affects to the performance of Tottenham because they were suffering 2 losing streak without this player but Aston Villa away matches records also not quite good because they have been experienced 2 loses from away matches and probably Tottenham will realized these records and they can beat Aston Villa and return to winning ways
Losing several players is not an excuse for a team like Tottenham, this team should be fairly evenly distributed in all sectors if there is rotation, if so I think Tottenham still doesn't deserve to compete fiercely in the race for the Premier League title this season.
Personally I believe Tottenham will struggle in this match and I think it would be very risky to bet on Tottenham winning.
Did you just said loosing several players is not an excuse? There is no team that loosing players has not in one way or the other affected their performance and have made them dropped point. Last season Arsenal played very well and was at the top of the table until of their best defenders and midfielder - Saliba and Partey got injured and went out of season. This affected them and they started loosing points that is how they bottled the league to Man City.
Statistics were given that since 03/04, that Man City the premier league champions have conceded an average of 29 goals and scored 85 goals while Arsenal has conceded 43 goals and scored 88 goals. So you can see that after the injuries of Arsenal player they started to concede a lot of goals which made them lost the league.
I agree with you, I usually say that, a team is made up of players, without good players, a team will hardly have good results. That's why before I place a bet on a game I wait for the squad that will start playing and who the reserve players are to be announced, with this I see if the important players are playing or not, when the important players are not playing I don't I bet on the team even if the bookmakers see the team as favorites, even if the odds were 1.10 I don't place a bet. In this case about Tottenham I was really worried that they would do well after Kane left
But I was surprised that even without Kane they did well, but without other good players it's very difficult for them to get good results. I don't know if in the next game they will have all their players recovered or not. But if they are not recovered, then I see Aston Villa leaving with a draw or victory. but if tottenham have all their best players, then they could get a draw or a win. Manchester City is one of the few teams in the Premier League that has an entire squad made up of good players, even when one of their players is injured
they have more other options and the team continues to play well, it is true that even though they have a whole squad of good players, there are always some who are better than others and when they are injured, the team does not have great strength, but the team remains strong. . It is difficult for Manchester City to be in a bad situation like Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, which when some of its best players get injured it becomes a big problem to the point where the team starts losing streaks.