Aston Villa vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction
Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham: Unai Emery’s Villa defeated the Cottagers to get back to winning ways
Aston Villa kept the pressure on the top four with a confident victory over Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Unai Emery’s men needed a response after losing to Nottingham Forest last time out and dominated from the start against the Cottagers.
The deadlock was broken through an Antonee Robinson own goal which was the result of constant pressure from Villa before John McGinn doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time.
When Ollie Watkins added a third four minutes after the hour mark, Villa had the game well in hand meaning a simple miss from Watkins later in the match didn’t cost them. Raul Jimenez pulled one back for Fulham who started to click with quarter of an hour to go but there wasn’t enough time left in the match for them to truly trouble Villa.
Relive all the action from Villa Park below:
Aston Villa vs Fulham
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Timothy Castagne, Tim Ream, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson; Alex Iwobi, Joao Palhinha; Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Andreas Pereira, Willian; Raul Jimenez.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
SUBS: Robin Olsen, Bertrand Traore, Leander Dendoncker, Clement Lenglet, Leon Bailey, Calum Chambers, Nicolo Zaniolo, Jhon Duran, Alex Moreno.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne; John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Youri Tielemans; Moussa Diaby, Ollie Watkins.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
After losing 1-0 at home to Manchester United last weekend, Fulham slipped further xxdown the Premier League standings and they sit 16th ahead of today's game. The Cottagers are yet to suffer consecutive league defeats in 2023-24, though, despite an apparent lack of firepower up front. With a meagre tally of nine league goals so far this season, Marco Silva's men are also on a run of seven straight matches without scoring in the first half.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
Aston Villa may have slipped up at Nottingham Forest last week, missing a chance to move into the Premier League's top four, but they bounced back straight away by beating AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League on Thursday. Now vying for a 13th top-flight home win in succession for the first time in 40 years, the Birmingham club have scored three goals or more in each of their five league games at Villa Park this season. Today, Unai Emery's side can equal a club record of 21 Premier League victories in a calendar year.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
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