Delightful dogfight as daring Aston Villa duel with determined Fulham

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 25.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Aston Villa are flying at 6th, while Fulham are lagging 6 points behind in the table. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aston Villa and Fulham.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Aston Villa have collected 29 points from their Premier League home games so far after 9-2-5. Aston Villa has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Villa Park. We remember; it was Arsenal.

An away draw last time out for Villa, facing Brentford in a game that ended 1-1. Luiz (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Luiz scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

Before that, Aston Villa had a home game versus Newcastle United which ended with a victory 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Villa matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).

The Aston Villa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Villa have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fulham form and stats

Playing away, Fulham have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Fulham are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Leeds United (placed 16th). Pereira got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, top player of the team. Pereira scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that result Fulham won their away game at Everton. The scoreline was 3-1.

Fulham have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Fulham have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Fulham - Aston Villa 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Villa victories, zero draws and six Fulham wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
14 goals
FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
11 goals
Aston VillaE. Buendía
E. Buendía
5 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Fulham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 15 31
15 9 2 Won W 0 6 13
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
11 5 2 Lost L 4 7 12
45 28 7 Scored S 3 21 44
41 19 6 Conceded C 7 20 42
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
84% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 74%
50% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 68%
25% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 16%
50% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 61%
34% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 26%
19% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 23%
 
4.1 4.4 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.9 4.9
5.9 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 5.7 5.4
1.9 1.7 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 12.2 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.7 11.9
4 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.9
35% 37% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 36%
 
12.1 10.5 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 14.5 13.1
4.5 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.2 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 32 23 6 3 77 34 16 12 3 1 45 21 16 11 3 2 32 13 43 75
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 78 28 15 13 1 1 50 15 15 9 3 3 28 13 50 70
3 Manchester United 30 18 5 7 46 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 15 7 2 6 19 29 9 59
4 Newcastle United 30 15 11 4 48 24 14 8 5 1 23 9 16 7 6 3 25 15 24 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 31 16 5 10 57 45 16 11 0 5 33 20 15 5 5 5 24 25 12 53
6 Aston Villa 32 15 6 11 45 41 16 9 2 5 28 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 4 51
7 Liverpool 31 14 8 9 59 38 15 10 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 20 25 21 50
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 14 7 8 54 37 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 4 4 29 23 17 49
9 Fulham 31 13 6 12 44 42 16 7 4 5 23 22 15 6 2 7 21 20 2 45
10 Brentford 32 10 14 8 48 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 16 3 7 6 18 26 5 44
11 Chelsea 31 10 9 12 30 33 16 6 5 5 17 14 15 4 4 7 13 19 -3 39
12 Crystal Palace 32 9 10 13 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 19 16 4 4 8 17 21 -9 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 9 7 16 27 44 16 7 2 7 15 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -17 34
14 AFC Bournemouth 31 9 6 16 31 59 15 5 4 6 15 19 16 4 2 10 16 40 -28 33
15 West Ham United 30 8 7 15 29 41 16 6 4 6 21 21 14 2 3 9 8 20 -12 31
16 Leeds United 32 7 8 17 41 62 16 5 5 6 22 30 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 29
17 Leicester City 32 8 4 20 43 56 16 4 3 9 19 21 16 4 1 11 24 35 -13 28
18 Everton 32 6 10 16 24 46 16 5 3 8 14 20 16 1 7 8 10 26 -22 28
19 Nottingham Forest 32 6 9 17 26 59 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 1 3 12 7 39 -33 27
20 Southampton 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 2 4 10 15 30 16 4 2 10 12 26 -29 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 32 23 6 3 77 34 16 12 3 1 45 21 16 11 3 2 32 13 43 75
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 78 28 15 13 1 1 50 15 15 9 3 3 28 13 50 70
3 Manchester United 30 18 5 7 46 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 15 7 2 6 19 29 9 59
4 Newcastle United 30 15 11 4 48 24 14 8 5 1 23 9 16 7 6 3 25 15 24 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 31 16 5 10 57 45 16 11 0 5 33 20 15 5 5 5 24 25 12 53
6 Aston Villa 32 15 6 11 45 41 16 9 2 5 28 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 4 51
7 Liverpool 31 14 8 9 59 38 15 10 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 20 25 21 50
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 14 7 8 54 37 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 4 4 29 23 17 49
9 Fulham 31 13 6 12 44 42 16 7 4 5 23 22 15 6 2 7 21 20 2 45
10 Brentford 32 10 14 8 48 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 16 3 7 6 18 26 5 44
11 Chelsea 31 10 9 12 30 33 16 6 5 5 17 14 15 4 4 7 13 19 -3 39
12 Crystal Palace 32 9 10 13 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 19 16 4 4 8 17 21 -9 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 9 7 16 27 44 16 7 2 7 15 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -17 34
14 AFC Bournemouth 31 9 6 16 31 59 15 5 4 6 15 19 16 4 2 10 16 40 -28 33
15 West Ham United 30 8 7 15 29 41 16 6 4 6 21 21 14 2 3 9 8 20 -12 31
16 Leeds United 32 7 8 17 41 62 16 5 5 6 22 30 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 29
17 Leicester City 32 8 4 20 43 56 16 4 3 9 19 21 16 4 1 11 24 35 -13 28
18 Everton 32 6 10 16 24 46 16 5 3 8 14 20 16 1 7 8 10 26 -22 28
19 Nottingham Forest 32 6 9 17 26 59 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 1 3 12 7 39 -33 27
20 Southampton 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 2 4 10 15 30 16 4 2 10 12 26 -29 24

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