Aston Villa v. Tottenham CONFIRMED lineups and open thread

If you're not aware, Aston Villa are on a five-match losing streak that has seen them score a grand total of zero goals. Today sees 15th-place them face off against 14th-place Tottenham in a match that has nobody salivating. But it's pretty much a match in which Villa must get a result. A draw would be okay, but really it should be a win. Tottenham are beatable, but so are Villa. So god only knows what we'll see.

And if you aren't aware of all of that: how did you find this website? Did you Google "Things that would make my Sunday less joyful"? Let's just get to the lineups. And of course, feel free to commiserate with us in the comments!

Aston Villa Starting XI

Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Nathan Baker, Aly Cissokho, Ashley Westwood, Tom Cleverley, Carlos Sanchez, Andi Weimann, Charles N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke

Aston Villa Bench

Shay Given, Joe Cole, Darren Bent, Kieran Richardson, Ciaran Clark, Jack Grealish, Gabby Agbonlahor

Tottenham Starting XI

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Naughton, Younes Kaboul, Jen Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Christian Eriksen, Etienne Capoue, Ryan Mason, Nacer Chadli, Emmanuel Adebayor, Roberto Soldado

Tottenham Bench

Andros Townsend, Mousa Dembele, Michel Vorm, Erik Lamela, Harry Kane, Benjamin Stambouli, Federico Fazio

And remember, at the start of the match, Villa have gone 531 minutes without a goal. Now you, too, can keep track!