Fulham vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th October 2024

Fulham enjoy home advantage, when visitors Aston Villa swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Fulham are number 8 in the table on 11 points after seven matches. Aston Villa rank as number 5 with 14 points after seven matches played.

Although only separated by a few points, Aston Villa will have their work cut out for them this coming Saturday. Fulham are favoured to maintain the lead they currently hold on Aston Villa in the Premier League standings.

Fulham are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 14 goals, or an average of 1.4 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Aston Villa managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 18 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.8 goals an average per game.

Aston Villa beat Fulham twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 2-1 and 3-1, respectively.

Fulham vs Aston Villa Prediction

Fulham Form

In their last three matches, Fulham beat Newcastle by 3-1 and Nottingham Forest by 0-1, before losing against Manchester City by 3-2. Fulham managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.

Aston Villa Form

In their last three matches, Aston Villa drew 2-2 with Ipswich, beat Bayern Munich 1-0 before a 0-0 draw with Manchester United. Aston Villa won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored eight goals whilst conceding ten.

It seems both Aston Villa and Fulham have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues this coming Saturday, and we are rooting for goals.

Fulham have taken six points from their last three games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of six goals to four. Fulham are looking at a record of three wins, two draws and two defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa have a record of four wins, two draws and one defeat in the Premier League.

Fulham vs Aston Villa Squads

Fulham Squad

Silva will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Aston Villa from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bernd Leno (0/7), Steven-Andreas Benda (0/0), Antonee Robinson (0/7), Calvin Bassey (0/7), Issa Diop (0/5), Joachim Andersen (0/5), Jorge Cuenca (0/0), Kenny Tete (0/7), Timothy Castagne (0/1), Andreas Pereira (1/7), Emile Smith Rowe (2/7), Harrison Reed (0/6), Harry Wilson (0/3), Joshua King (0/0), Ryan Sessegnon (0/0), Sander Berge (0/5), Sasa Lukic (0/7), Tom Cairney (0/5), Adama Traore (1/7), Alex Iwobi (1/7), Carlos Vinicius (0/0), Raul Jimenez (3/7), Reiss Nelson (1/5), Rodrigo Muniz (1/7).

Aston Villa Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Aston Villa players that the manager Unai Emery will choose from for the upcoming game:

Emiliano Martinez (0/7), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/0), Diego Carlos (0/3), Ezri Konsa (1/7), Ian Maatsen (0/7), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lamare Bogarde (0/2), Lucas Digne (0/7), Matty Cash (0/3), Pau Torres (0/7), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/6), Boubacar Kamara (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (0/3), Jacob Ramsey (0/6), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/4), John McGinn (0/5), Leon Bailey (0/6), Morgan Rogers (1/7), Ross Barkley (0/6), Youri Tielemans (0/7), Jhon Duran (4/7), Ollie Watkins (4/7).

Fulham vs Aston Villa Team News

Fulham could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Aston Villa. Sander Berge and Calvin Bassey can't be called up by the Fulham-manager, with both serving a ban.

Fulham are unable to field Ryan Sessegnon this coming Saturday against Aston Villa, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Aston Villa face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against Fulham.

Names like Boubacar Kamara, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Fulham.

Fulham vs Aston Villa Lineups

Fulham vs Aston Villa H2H

Aston Villa won 2-1 and 3-1 in the two most recent meetings with Fulham, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. Fulham came out on top in four games, whereas Aston Villa ran away with three points six times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 13/10 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 19/10.

Fulham vs Aston Villa Results

In the last ten matches between Fulham and Aston Villa over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/5 with bookies.

Fulham vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Raul Jimenez has three strikes in six Premier League matches for Fulham, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Aston Villa. The visitors are looking to Ollie Watkins, who has provided his team with four Premier League goals.

Fulham claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Aston Villa won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing four in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Craven Cottage since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Fulham. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Aston Villa.

The last ten encounters between Fulham and Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Fulham averaging 1.2 goals a game. Aston Villa scored 1.4 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. Fulham saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Aston Villa, who scored 1.8 times on average in these matches.