MATCH FACTS

■■Tottenham have won each of their last four Premier League games, their best winning run in the competition within a single season since November 2020.

Aston Villa have lost five of their 10 home league games under Steven Gerrard (W3 D2); since his first Premier League game in charge of the club in November, only the division’s bottom two clubs Watford (nine) and Norwich (six) have lost more of their home matches in this top-flight campaign.

Spurs have won 18 of their 31 Premier League matches this season (D3 L10), as many as they managed in the whole of last term (18 in 38).

Tottenham are the sixth side to beat

Aston Villa both home and away in the Premier League this season; only Watford (seven) have had more sides complete a double over them in the division in 2021-22. ■■This was Aston Villa’s heaviest Premier

League defeat since March 2020 v Leicester (also 4-0), and heaviest at Villa Park since January 2020 v Man City (6-1).

Hugo Lloris made seven saves in the opening 45 minutes against Aston Villa; since Opta have this data available (from 2006-07), it was the most by a Tottenham goalkeeper in the first half of any Premier League match. ■■Excluding penalties, Tottenham’s Heung-min Son has scored more Premier League goals this season than any other player (17), overtaking Liverpool’s Mo Salah (15).