Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa: FA Cup third round as it happened

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That is due to take place before the final tie of the round between Cambridge United and Leeds at the Abbey Stadium.

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A comfortable afternoon's work for Tottenham. They struggled woefully to convert possession into chances during a thoroughly tedious first 45 minutes, but the respective second-half introductions of Alli and Nkoudou helped immensely.

They are safely into the hat for the fourth round and now switch their attentions back to the Premier League with a home clash against West Brom on Saturday.

Villa were not disgraced and, marshalled by Johnstone, displayed no shortage of defensive resilience for 70 minutes or so. However, they may regret not giving it a bit more of a go in terms of committing numbers forward and attempting to create chances.

Bruce's side will now try to reduce that seven-point gap to the Championship's top six this weekend with a Midlands derby at Molineux against a Wolves side led by former manager Paul Lambert.

Full-time

Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa

Onomah strides through the challenge of Baker and plays in Son to his right. He looks odds on to notch a second goal, but a slightly hesitant first touch allows Johnstone to close down the angle.

Despite failing to keep a clean clean sheet, the Manchester United 'keeper has largely impressed on his Villa debut.

Three minutes of added time have been signalled by the fourth official.

Villa win another late free-kick after Tshibola is fouled by Onomah. Grealish looks like he wants to take it but the wasteful McCormack ends up powering his latest attempt into the wall.

Grealish forces a free-kick from Carter-Vickers. A poor day for Villa is summed up by a McCormack effort that sails harmlessly over the crossbar.

Spurs push hard for a third, but Onomah is unable to convert Nkoudou's dangerous low ball across the six-yard box.

Johnstone also throws out a foot at the near post to block Alli's close-range effort.

Having set up that second goal, Sissoko is replaced by Josh Onomah.

Spurs make sure of their place in the fourth round. After a switch of play from Nkoudou, Amavi fails to prevent a decent exchange of passes from Trippier and Sissoko.

The latter gets his head up and cuts the ball back for Son to emphatically sweep home.

Goal: Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa (Heung-Min Son)

Sissoko gets behind the Villa backline all too easily but fails to wrap up victory for Tottenham as Johnstone makes an impressive one-handed save at his near post.

Trippier stays down for a moment after what looked like a possible clash of knees.

Bruce responds to that Davies goal by making a triple substitution with 15 minutes remaining. Young duo Green and Davis, the latter making his senior debut, replace Adomah and Jedinak.

McCormack also comes on for Agbonlahor.

Tottenham continue to press and earn themselves another corner. Dier also drives a disappointing free-kick straight into the wall.

An immediate impact from Nkoudou, who produces an inviting left-wing cross that Davies glances into the bottom right-hand corner with a difficult backwards header. Great technique.

That is his very first goal in 69 appearances for Tottenham. Pochettino's side have one foot in the fourth round.

Goal: Tottenham 1-0 Aston Villa (Ben Davies)

Pochettino's first change sees Alderweireld withdrawn in favour of Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.

Not one to lack confidence in his own ability, Grealish tries to catch Vorm out with a free-kick from near the halfway line. That was an ambitious attempt to say the least.

Sissoko spearheads a swift Tottenham counter-attack. He lays the ball off for Davies, whose pacy low cross evades everyone.

Alli then cuts in from the left wing and tees up Winks for a powerful shot that takes a big deflection off Amavi before being plucked out of the air nicely by Johnstone.

Grealish again targets his free-kick towards the back-post run of Hutton. Carter-Vickers makes a terrific challenge to deny Chester and Alderweireld blocks a close-range shot from Agbonlahor.

Committed defending.

Trippier's corner is crucially headed away from Alderweireld by Baker, who looks to have hurt his back during a heavy landing. Johnstone also appeared to be in a bit of discomfort after denying Son.

Tottenham's latest attack ends with Carter-Vickers heading well wide.

Alli gets involved quickly and Carter-Vickers heads away from Tshibola after fine work from Adomah.

At the other end, Son turns and races past Baker before producing a flying diving save from Johnstone.

Trippier is unable to keep the ball in play after a successful tackle and that paves the way for Alli's introduction on the 60-minute mark.

Janssen is the man to make way. It just has not happened at Tottenham for last season's Eredivisie top scorer since his £17m summer move from AZ Alkmaar.

A determined Baker sticks to Janssen like glue and ensures that his header from a Trippier corner goes wide.

"We've got Alli" rings around the stadium. No prizes for guessing which Tottenham favourite is currently preparing to enter the fray.

Finally some momentum and tempo to the game. Winks speeds clear down the left but his attempted cutback is intercepted by Chester.

Trippier possesses a wand of a right foot and his latest whipped delivery is perfect for Son. The Spurs forward takes a touch before scuffing his attempt at a shot. Chester heads clear.

That was a real chance for Son, but he made a complete hash of it. Villa had been enjoying their best spell of the game before that.

Audible groans from the home faithful greet a rogue ball from Davies.

Grealish is beginning to ask one or two questions of Tottenham, although Villa still look completely toothless.

Pochettino does appear to have made one positional change at half-time. Sissoko is now operating in an advanced position on the left-hand flank.

Strong centre-forward play from Janssen as he holds the ball up and plays a one-two through the legs of Jedinak before testing Johnstone with a shot on target.

More purposeful from Tottenham in the first minute of the second half.

We are back underway at White Hart Lane. Pochettino and Bruce have both resisted the urge to make any half-time substitutions.

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Dean does everyone a favour by calling time on an exceptionally dull, half-paced first 45 minutes.

For all their possession, Tottenham have mustered just one single shot so far. Acres of room for improvement after the break.

Half-time

Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa

After taking an initially poor touch, Agbonlahor looks incredulous after being denied a corner towards the end of this first half. The last touch clearly came from Carter-Vickers.

Son combines nicely with Janssen with the aid of a deflection on the edge of the Villa box. Amavi gets to the return ball first and watches on helplessly as his clearance sails towards Johnstone's goal.

Thankfully for the Frenchman, it drifts wide.

A better pass from Janssen finds Davies, who manages to earn a corner in a tussle with Hutton.

After deciding to take a short one, the Welsh full-back's latest ball is comfortably dealt with by Jedinak.

A low cross from Davies is cleared and the sluggish Janssen's woes continue, much to the delight of Johnstone.

Five minutes remaining until half-time and we still await the first goal at White Hart Lane.

Bacuna breathes a sigh of relief after gifting possession to Trippier as the right-back's subsequent low cross is blocked by Amavi.

Sissoko looks to bulldoze his way to the byline but is whistled for a foul on Jordan Amavi.

Spurs then win their first corner of the day off Bacuna. Kieran Trippier's delivery is missed by Alderweireld and Dier cannot quite direct it towards goal.

Bruce fumes on the sideline as Dean stops play immediately for a Villa free-kick instead of playing the advantage. Hutton might well have been in if he had let things continue for a few more seconds.

The visitors apply a bit of pressure before Grealish sends a long-range drive into orbit.

Vorm is called into action for the first time this afternoon to easily save a hopeful effort from Bacuna.

That was the first shot on target of the match.

Baker's well-timed sliding challenge directs Son away from goal and Jedinak heads clear the South Korean's attempted cross.

Good defending from Villa, who have been relatively untroubled in this opening half an hour despite conceding the lion's share of possession.

Johnstone punches clear a Tottenham free-kick from the left corner with no-one around him. Surely he could have caught that.

Davies is forced to hack the ball behind under pressure from Hutton after Carter-Vickers is penalised for a push.

Grealish's dangerous corner is met by Dier, who wins a free-kick following a robust challenge from Baker.

Villa concede possession cheaply in midfield. Winks carries it forward with purpose but cannot quite tee up Janssen.

Alderweireld's latest sweeping diagonal ball into the path of Davies is successful. However, on this occasion the left-back moves too early and is rightly flagged for offside.

Agbonlahor does well to hold off the challenge of Alderweireld but Villa's first sniff of an attack falters due to a lack of sufficient support.

A long ball forward from Tottenham is overhit and goes straight out for a goal kick.

Janssen manages to turn and whip in a powerful low cross that is blasted clear by Leandro Bacuna.

Son tries to pick out Davies, but James Chester is alert to the danger.

No chances to speak of thus far during what has been a fairly ponderous opening in north London. Lot of possession for Spurs, but they aren't really doing anything with it.

Impressive defensive work from winger Albert Adomah, who tackles Davies and wins a throw-in for Villa.

Tottenham knock the ball around patiently in midfield before a long pass from Alderweireld towards the run of Ben Davies goes astray.

Tottenham have seen almost all of the ball during this opening four-minute spell. The travelling 2,500+ Villains have begun in fine voice, however.

Sissoko embarks on a powerful run past Jack Grealish, Jedinak and Tshibola before a challenge from Nathan Baker deflects off him and behind for a goal kick.

Mike Dean, subjected to fierce criticism following his poor performance during Manchester United's 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham, gets the weekend's final FA Cup third round tie underway.

No need for any away kits today as Villa don their usual claret and sky blue. Tottenham will kick from right to left in this first half.

Steve Bruce hands a debut to goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, who joined Villa on loan from Manchester United earlier this week. He replaces Mark Bunn, with Pierluigi Gollini preferred on the bench.

Mile Jedinak returns from illness, while former Reading star Aaron Tshibola also comes into the midfield. Gary Gardner and Ashley Westwood, both of whom were substituted at half-time during Monday's 1-0 defeat at Cardiff, make way.

There is also a change up front, where Gabby Agbonlahor replaces £12m Ross McCormack. Youngsters Andre Green and Keinan Davis are among the substitutes.

Alan Hutton lines up against his former employers.

Mauricio Pochettino makes no fewer than nine changes to the side that denied Chelsea a slice of Premier League history, with only Toby Alderweireld and Eric Dier retaining their places. The latter takes the captain's armband in the absence of Hugo Lloris.

Michel Vorm starts in goal, while 19-year-old Cameron Carter-Vickers comes in at centre-back. Vincent Janssen leads the line, supported by Moussa Sissoko and Heung-Min Son. Dier partners Harry Winks in midfield.

Alli does make the bench alongside the likes of Pau Lopez and Kyle Walker-Peters, although Kane, surprisingly, does not.

Erik Lamela is Tottenham's only injury absentee. The Argentine winger remains out with a hamstring injury that has seen him sidelined since October.

The teams are in...

What a week to be associated with Tottenham Hotspur. Having already seen their side chalk up five successive wins, supporters were once again left swooning over Dele Alli on Monday night as the England midfielder bagged his third successive brace in an enormously pleasing 2-0 win over Chelsea.

Such a victory, in addition to shaking up an increasingly one-horse title race, sent Spurs third and also prevented their London rivals from making history with a 14th successive Premier League victory.

Tottenham, still unbeaten at home in 2016-17, return to White Hart Lane this afternoon for an FA Cup third round tie against an Aston Villa team utterly embarrassed during their relegation from the Premier League last term that have since failed to establish themselves as genuine Championship promotion contenders.

Stay tuned to IBTimes UK for breaking team news and confirmed lineups in addition to live updates after kick-off at 16.00 GMT.