Tottenham vs Aston Villa League Cup preview, prediction and team news

23rd September 2025 Oliver Taliku

Ahead of Tottenham vs Aston Villa on Wednesday night, read our preview, prediction and the latest team news ahead of the Women’s League Cup fixture.

Tottenham vs Aston Villa match information

  • ⚽️ Women’s League Cup matchday 1
  • 🏟️ Brisbane Road
  • ⏱️ Wednesday, September 24th: 19:00pm (BST)

Tottenham vs Aston Villa preview

Following a quick start to their season, Tottenham were given a harsh reality check over the weekend with a 5-1 loss to Manchester City.

Spurs captain Bethany England was fired up after the City thrashing and could retain her spot in the lineup despite resting others in the cup.

The loss will have Spurs fired up for the first round of the League Cup as they look to progress further than the quarter final stage which they reached last season.

Despite losing to City, Martin Ho’s team have looked impressive in the rest of their WSL games so far.

Other than the five they conceded over the weekend Tottenham have kept two clean sheets in two games this year.

Aston Villa have had a lengthy rest since their last game after their clash against Liverpool was postponed over the weekend.

The Clarets are still winless to start the campaign after a loss to Chelsea and a draw on opening day against Brighton.

Even after a slow start to the season Aston Villa will be confident they can get a positive result from their first game in the League Cup this season.

These teams have a very close record in the head to head matchup. Villa have won five games and Spurs have won six with four draws between the sides.

Tottenham vs Aston Villa Team news

Both teams are expected to make vast changes to their previous WSL lineups for the cup this week.

Olivia Holdt scored a screamer against Chelsea last time out and could earn a spot in the starting lineup as a reward.

Maite Oroz, Josefine Rybrink and Matilda Vinberg joined Holdt off the bench and could all push for a start against Aston Villa.

As for Villa, with a thin squad it will be hard for the Clarets to make too many wholesale changes.

The team was only able to name seven players on its bench against Chelsea. All of the subs could be handed a start this week with the likes of Georgia Mullett, Lucia Kendall, Miri Taylor and Sarah Mayling all sure to be involved.

Predicted lineups

Tottenham: Kop; Rybrink, Koga, Hunt, Nilden; Summanen, Oroz; Vinberg, England, Holdt; Tandberg

Aston Villa: Kelly; Wilms, Patten, Mayling, Grant, Martiz; Taylor, Kendall, Daly, Hanson, Mullett.

Tottenham vs Aston Villa prediction

With both teams expected to make a whole host of changes for the cup game it is hard to call a winner.

Aston Villa lack the depth that Spurs have however and that might just give the hosts an edge.

We are backing Tottenham to just scrape past Aston Villa in the first League Cup game but a close affair can be expected.

Prediction: Tottenham 2-1 Aston Villa

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Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in women's football as well as long form SEO content plus news and tips. While he enjoys writing about all football, Olly supports Arsenal passionately as a lifelong fan of the club.