It's the FA Cup: Fulham and Aston Villa face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:01 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fulham or Aston Villa that keep their silverware dream alive.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the FA Cup.

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Fulham are 8-2-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The Fulham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Reading here at Craven Cottage in a Championship match. Before that, Fulham had a Championship home game versus Stoke City which ended with a victory 1-0.

Fulham didn't have luck on their side in the loss against Reading as they hit the post 3 times.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fulham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 0 Lost 2.

A decent goal production from Fulham in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. Fulham have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Aston Villa's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Aston Villa only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Two travels in a row for Aston Villa, whose manager D. Smith could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Burnley. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Watford's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Aston Villa in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Aston Villa, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to Leicester City.

Aston Villa find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The Aston Villa manager D. Smith has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fulham 6 wins, 1 draw and Aston Villa 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
18 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
6 goals
Aston VillaJ. Grealish
J. Grealish
6 goals

Fulham missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Aston Villa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
11 7   Won W   4 10
6 2   Drew D   1 3
8 5   Lost L   8 12
38 23   Scored S   23 43
30 17   Conceded C   25 40
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 76%
20% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 40%
12% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 20%
60% 57%   BTTS BTTS   69% 64%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 20%
20% 14%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
6 7.1   Corners For (avg) C F   4.8 5.3
4.4 3.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   8.2 6.8
2 2.3   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
3 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
342 207   Total Shots T S   168 346
117 68   Shots on Target S O   69 124
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 10 10 0 0 27 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 33 55
2 Leicester City 21 14 3 4 46 19 10 7 2 1 19 9 11 7 1 3 27 10 27 45
3 Manchester City 21 14 2 5 56 24 11 8 1 2 29 10 10 6 1 3 27 14 32 44
4 Chelsea 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 4 2 4 11 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 7 36
5 Manchester United 21 8 7 6 32 25 10 5 4 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 7 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 8 6 7 36 30 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 30
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 9 5 30 27 10 4 4 2 16 14 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 30
8 Sheffield United 20 7 8 5 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 4 29
9 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 28
10 Arsenal 21 6 9 6 28 30 11 4 4 3 17 17 10 2 5 3 11 13 -2 27
11 Everton 21 7 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -8 25
12 Southampton 21 7 4 10 25 38 11 3 2 6 11 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -13 25
13 Newcastle United 21 7 4 10 20 33 11 4 4 3 11 12 10 3 0 7 9 21 -13 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 24
15 Burnley 21 7 3 11 24 34 11 5 0 6 14 17 10 2 3 5 10 17 -10 24
16 West Ham United 20 6 4 10 25 32 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 9 13 -7 22
17 Aston Villa 21 6 3 12 27 37 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 2 1 8 14 23 -10 21
18 AFC Bournemouth 21 5 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 3 1 7 10 18 -12 20
19 Watford 21 4 7 10 17 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 19
20 Norwich City 21 3 5 13 22 41 11 2 3 6 17 25 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 14

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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 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 10 10 0 0 27 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 33 55
2 Leicester City 21 14 3 4 46 19 10 7 2 1 19 9 11 7 1 3 27 10 27 45
3 Manchester City 21 14 2 5 56 24 11 8 1 2 29 10 10 6 1 3 27 14 32 44
4 Chelsea 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 4 2 4 11 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 7 36
5 Manchester United 21 8 7 6 32 25 10 5 4 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 7 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 8 6 7 36 30 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 30
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 9 5 30 27 10 4 4 2 16 14 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 30
8 Sheffield United 20 7 8 5 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 4 29
9 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 28
10 Arsenal 21 6 9 6 28 30 11 4 4 3 17 17 10 2 5 3 11 13 -2 27
11 Everton 21 7 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -8 25
12 Southampton 21 7 4 10 25 38 11 3 2 6 11 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -13 25
13 Newcastle United 21 7 4 10 20 33 11 4 4 3 11 12 10 3 0 7 9 21 -13 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 24
15 Burnley 21 7 3 11 24 34 11 5 0 6 14 17 10 2 3 5 10 17 -10 24
16 West Ham United 20 6 4 10 25 32 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 9 13 -7 22
17 Aston Villa 21 6 3 12 27 37 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 2 1 8 14 23 -10 21
18 AFC Bournemouth 21 5 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 3 1 7 10 18 -12 20
19 Watford 21 4 7 10 17 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 19
20 Norwich City 21 3 5 13 22 41 11 2 3 6 17 25 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 14

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