Fulham vs Aston Villa Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🥅
Fulham have won six of their last eight meetings with Aston Villa in all competitions (L2), winning each of the last three in a row (2017-18 Championship, 2018 Championship play-off final and 2019-20 FA Cup).
Following a six-game unbeaten run in Premier League meetings with Fulham (W3 D3), Aston Villa are winless in their last four clashes in the top-flight (D1 L3).
Only West Ham United ( 45) have lost more games against newly-promoted opposition than Aston Villa (43) in Premier League history, with the Villans suffering six defeats in their last nine such away games (W2 D1 ).
Aston Villa have earned just one point from their last 30 available in Premier League matches in London (D1 L9), since beating Tottenham 1-0 in April 2015.
None of Fulham's last 21 Premier League games have finished level, with the Cottagers winning just five of these (L 16), and shipping 45 goals in the process.
Aston Villa are looking to open a Premier League campaign with back-to-back victories for just the third time, with the Villans also doing so in 1995-96 and 1999-00.
Aston Villa haven't kept a clean sheet in any of their last 26 away games in the top-flight, since a 0-0 draw vs West Brom in January 2016.
After a 10-game winless run between February-July (D2 LB), Aston Villa are now unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (W3 D2).
They last had a longer run without defeat in the competition between May-October 2011 (10 games -W4 D6). Since his debut for the club in February 2018,
Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 39% of Fulham's league goals (51 /131, excl. play-offs). Their next highest scorer in that time is Tom Cairney with 13.
Of all Premier League goalkeepers to make at least 1 O starts in the competition, only Alisson (51 % -35/69) has kept a higher proportion of clean sheets than Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez (50% -7 /14).
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The Argentine kept a clean sheet and saved a penalty on his debut for the Villans last time out.
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