English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 4, 2021
Fulham DLWLL 1
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Aston Villa WLDDL 3
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Villa Park

Match Report

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Fulham blow chance to escape bottom three with defeat at Villa

Fulham's Premier League survival hopes suffered a massive blow as they conceded three times to lose to Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
6
47.5
Possession
52.5
15
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
288
Accurate Passes
334
384
Passes
418
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
23
0.4
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
67
25
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
14
25
Effective Clearances
11
25
Clearances
11

Head to Head

FUL leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 7John McGinnAM
  7. 25Morgan SansonLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  2. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  3. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  4. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  5. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  6. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  7. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  8. 17TrézéguetSUB
  9. 20Ross BarkleySUB

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 16Tosin AdarabioyoCD-L
  3. 5Joachim AndersenCD-R
  4. 34Ola AinaLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 15Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  7. 18Mario LeminaLM
  8. 21Harrison ReedRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 19Ademola LookmanAM-L
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Josh MajaSUB
  2. 29Frank AnguissaSUB
  3. 25Josh OnomahSUB
  4. 23Joe BryanSUB
  5. 13Tim ReamSUB
  6. 30Terence KongoloSUB
  7. 33Antonee RobinsonSUB
  8. 31FabriSUB
  9. 17Ivan CavaleiroSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Joachim Andersen (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Substitution, Fulham. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Ademola Lookman because of an injury.
  4. 61' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Fulham 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  6. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Morgan Sanson.
  7. 74' Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Douglas Luiz.
  9. 78' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Fulham 1. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyrone Mings with a cross.
  10. 81' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Fulham 1. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keinan Davis with a cross.
  11. 83' Substitution, Fulham. Josh Maja replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  12. 83' Substitution, Fulham. Josh Onomah replaces Mario Lemina.
  13. 87' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Fulham 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré with a cross.

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