19.10.2024 | 
There is no better time to be a Villan as the team from Birmingham is among the top four teams in the Premier League. That is a zone Fulham has barely smelled, but the team from Craven Cottage has a promising season. Both teams are going into Saturday’s match with a lot of confidence and we expect a high-intense game.
Fulham and Aston Villa meet on 19.10.2024, in a clash between two teams with high spirits. The game takes place at Craven Cottage in London.
| Fulham | Saturday, 19.10.2024, 10:00 EST | Aston Villa |
| 1 | x | 2 |
| 2,74 | 3,65 | 2,78 |
Fulham – Aston Villa: Initial situation
Both Fulham and Aston Villa are known as teams whose games are filled with many goals and we expect nothing less when the two meet in West London this weekend. The team from Birmingham has been the more successful in recent years and they are going for their fifth consecutive win against the Cottagers.
Fulham Stats & Form
Fulham is playing in their third consecutive Premier League season, which is the longest consecutive in the past decade. Many expected them to be near the relegation zone, but manager Marco Silva is doing a great job with the team. Fulham is currently 8th in the Premier League standings and is coming off a solid performance in a 3-2 loss to Manchester City. Raul Jimenez leads the team with three goals in the season and also scored for Mexico in a 2-0 win over the United States on Tuesday. Fulham is among the top ten teams in the league in passes and shots on goal.
Aston Villa Stats & Form
For the second consecutive season, Aston Villa is among the best teams in the league. The Lions are currently in fourth place with 14 points, four shy of the leading Manchester City. The team is doing great both in the domestic league and the Champions League where they have a perfect record after two games. Striker Jhon Duran was brought in three years ago as a juvenile and now is Villa’s leading scorer with four goals which ranks him fifth in the Premier League. Ollie Watkins is coming off two appearances for England in the Nations League where he played around 50 minutes in total. Just like Duran, Watkins has four goals by his name, but he did in 536 minutes of playing time while the Columbian has spent less than 200 minutes on the pitch.
Fulham – Aston Villa: Head to Head
Aston Villa has won 6 of the last 10 head-to-head games, including the last four. Fulham has won four in that stretch and the streak without a draw stretches at 16 games between these two teams. Villa won both games last season, 2-1 in London and 3-1 in Birmingham. Six of the last eight head-to-head games went over 2.5 goals in total.
Fulham – Aston Villa: Odds
The odds are pretty close for both teams in this game. Fulham is a slight favorite with 2,47, while Aston Villa is at 2,78. Accordingly, the odds for a draw are a little lower than usual and stand at 3,65. The total goal line is set at 2.5 with 1,76 for over and 2,14 for under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Fulham – Aston Betting Tip | Odds |
| Both teams to score | 1,62 |
| Aston Villa to score in 2nd half | 1,77 |
| Draw | 3,65 |
Betting tip and prediction: Fulham – Aston Villa (19.10.2024)
The Villans have been waiting for a season like this for decades. The Lions are back on the level to play in the most prestigious European competition and look like a real contender in the Premier League. Spilling the win against Ipswich Town was really unfortunate, but the Villans quickly recovered and stunned the great Bayern Munich in the Champions League before winning a point against Manchester United. The busy schedule made a long injury list for the team from Birmingham. Manager Unai Emery will have to get really creative to put up Villa’s midfield for the visit to Craven Cottage. Amadou Onana, who is second in minutes played in this position, got hurt against United. Scottish international John McGinn has been out for three weeks, and backup Jacob Ramsey took longer to recover from his groin injury. Striker Leon Bailey is also under monitoring, which is an additional problem for Emery. On the other side, Fulham has no injuries going into the Saturday clash, which gives them a favorable role against the Villans. The team from West London hangs on in the top half of the standings, which is not something that was expected. Fulham proved that they are not scared of anyone in the league by scoring a pair of goals against the defending champion, Manchester City, and despite the loss, they deserved all the respect. Fulham scores two goals per game at home this season, as many as Aston Villa on the road. Given that, we go with both teams to score in this game.