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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates from the Premier League as Spurs begin their campaign against newly promoted Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Villa come up with plenty of ambition having made a raft of new signings in the transfer window to bolster a side that already contains the quality of Jack Grealish and John McGinn.
Spurs have added quality of their own through the likes of Giovani Lo Celso and Tanguy Ndombele and will hope they can do something special in the first full season at their shiny new stadium. Follow it live:
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Prediction...
Villa to give Tottenham a really good game but fall short, losing 1-0.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
50 minutes
Big chance! Lamela's cross misses everyone and runs through to Sissoko six yards out. The Frenchman has all the time in the world to pick his spot, but drags his effort well wide of the far post. Spurs should be level.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
52 minutes
More unconvincing defending from Spurs. Rose, in an attempt to clear, fires the ball at McGinn, whose first touch is slightly too heavy. Winks gets across to intercept and clatters into McGinn in the process. But Villa's appeals for a penalty are turned down.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
56 minutes
Kane is persistent, and looks determined to make amends for his earlier misses. He fires off a left-footed shot which deflects wide, and Villa deal with the two corners that follow.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
58 minutes
Ndombele hits an audacious shot from about 30 yards out. It's high and wide, and not what Spurs need. They've kept the pressure on relatively well early in the second half, but attempts like that will be welcomed by Villa.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
59 minutes
Villa make their first change: Jota, signed from Birmingham in the summer, makes his debut, in place of Trezeguet.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
61 minutes
There's a pause in play for a VAR check after McGinn goes into a challenge on Walker-Peters. There's a bit of pushing and a slight confrontation, but nothing that warrants a red card. Play on.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
64 minutes
Spurs work the ball patiently on the edge of Villa's box. The move ends in a shot from Walker-Peters, which is deflected over the bar.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
64 minutes
Pochettino has seen enough: Christian Eriksen is on for Winks. Can the Dane make the difference?
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
65 minutes
The corner that follows Walker-Peters' shot is glanced over the bar by Alderweireld, who finds space at the near post. Villa have defended set pieces brilliantly throughout, but that was a chance for the Tottenham defender.
Tottenham 0-1 Aston Villa
67 minutes
Kane looks to latch onto a long ball over the top of the Villa defence, but Heaton is out quickly to head clear. But he picks out Lamela, who has an empty net to aim at from around 40 yards out. His effort is on target, but Mings reads it excellently and calmly comes away with the ball.
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