Fulham U23 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 11th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two table. Visiting Aston Villa U23 holds 6th place with 22 pts.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fulham U23 form and stats
Fulham U23's results here at Motspur Park in the Premier League 2 Divison Two have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Fulham U23 with their four defeats in a row. Not since the West Ham United U23 game, 70 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Fulham U23 haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. F. Carvalho scored that one.
Fulham U23 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Watford U23 (0-1). A Premier League 2 Divison Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Middlesbrough U23.
Goals decide football matches and Fulham U23 are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Fulham U23 with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
Aston Villa U23 have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, after 1-2-4 (7 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Aston Villa U23 have lost on their last two travels.
Aston Villa U23 failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two home match vs West Bromwich Albion U23 (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. It was a Premier League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster U23 wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League Cup trip to Portsmouth U23.
Aston Villa U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The Aston Villa U23 manager M. Delaney has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Aston Villa U23 - Fulham U23 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (Fulham U23 wins - draws - Aston Villa U23 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| I. Vassilev 6 goals | F. Carvalho 4 goals |  M. Taylor-Crossdale 4 goals |
Fulham U23 missing players
Aston Villa U23 missing players
| Fulham U23 | Aston Villa U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 32 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 38% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 19% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | 73 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 79 | 172 |
| 60 | 35 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 28 | 65 |
| 35% | 49% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 25% | 40% |
- All of Fulham U23's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Aston Villa U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa U23 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Aston Villa U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fulham U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fulham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aston Villa U23 have scored away.
- Fulham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 27 | 40 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Swansea City U23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Norwich City U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Fulham U23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -38 | 1 |