Fulham v Aston Villa

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Fulham will be hoping to brush off their 3-2 loss away from home at Manchester City just before the international break when they return to Craven Cottage to play host to Aston Villa, while the west midlands visitors will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to six games overall.

Fulham have produced an encouraging start to this new Premier League season despite stumbling to defeats at the hands of both of the Manchester clubs following a 1-0 loss away at Old Trafford against United, as well as the aforementioned defeat away at Manchester City.

In between these two defeats though, Fulham put together a useful looking five-match unbeaten sequence which consisted of three wins along with two draws; victories gained over Leicester City, Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest together with points earned in draws with Ipswich Town and West Ham which gives the hosts a decent chance of a result down on the Thames.

However, the bigger picture shows Fulham have found league wins hard to come by in the English top flight as The Cottagers have managed to capture just five wins from their last 16 matches in the Premier League while also slipping to six defeats within this period as well.

Aston Villa have continued their steady progress under manager Unai Emery this season as the west midlands club bring a solid looking five-match unbeaten run into this Saturday afternoon's clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Similar to their hosts, Aston Villa have picked up three wins and two draws in recent weeks which has helped lift The Villains up into fifth place in the Premier League table and includes important victories against the likes of Leicester City, Everton and Wolves respectively.

Villa have been handed just the single loss to date so far this season which came in the form of a 2-0 loss at home to Arsenal but the bigger picture shows Aston Villa are a dangerous threat to their upcoming hosts as the west midlands outfit have suffered just three defeats in their previous 14 league matches overall.

Within this period, Aston Villa have registered six wins and three of these six victories were achieved on the road with wins recorded at Arsenal, West Ham and Leicester City within this 14-game period.

In addition, Aston Villa's previous trip to the nation's capital to take on Fulham at Craven Cottage resulted in a 2-1 win for the west midlands club.

Fulham v Aston Villa Verdict

Aston Villa have certainly enjoyed the lion's share of the spoils in recent exchanges against Fulham as the visitors have won each of the last four meetings on the trot and another three points could be on their way back to Birmingham this Saturday.

Therefore, our main bet will be Aston Villa win @ 2.80

Other side bets worth considering:

Aston Villa win & Under 2.5 goals @ 7.00

Correct Score: Aston Villa 1-0 @ 12.00