Aston Villa vs Fulham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2025

When Fulham come to Villa Park for the Premier League match this coming Saturday, Aston Villa will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

The Villans approach round 35 as number 7 in the Premier League table with 57 points on their account so far. With 34 rounds behind them, Fulham have amassed 51 points, placing them as number 8 in the standings.

The last time Aston Villa played Fulham, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Saturday.

Aston Villa scored two goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 20 times. They conceded 12 goals, an average of 1.2 and pulled off three clean sheets.

Fulham scored 14 goals, conceded 14 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The Villans had a good reading on Fulham in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 3-1, respectively.

Aston Villa vs Fulham Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 4-1 victory against Newcastle. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-1 against Manchester City, before handing over another win to Crystal Palace in a 3-0 defeat. Aston Villa claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored 12 and conceded seven goals.

Aston Villa had their sights set on qualifying for Europe, and this is still a highly probable outcome to the season, but they need to remain focused.

Fulham Form

In their last three matches, Fulham lost against Bournemouth and Chelsea by 1-0 and 1-2, respectively, and beat Southampton by 1-2. Fulham managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored eight while also conceding eight times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Aston Villa had their sights set on qualifying for Europe, and this is still a highly probable outcome to the season, but they need to remain focused.

Aston Villa need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Aston Villa have taken 22 points from their last 16 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won six of these matches with a scoreline of 25 goals to 26. Fulham earned seven wins and 24 points in their last 16 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They scored 27 and conceded 25 goals in these. Aston Villa claimed 16 wins, nine draws as well as nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Fulham enjoy a record of 14 wins, nine draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Fulham Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Fulham from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/33), Robin Olsen (0/3), Axel Disasi (1/13), Ezri Konsa (1/30), Ian Maatsen (1/25), Kortney Hause (0/0), Lamare Bogarde (0/8), Lucas Digne (0/30), Matty Cash (1/23), Pau Torres (0/20), Tyrone Mings (0/13), Amadou Onana (3/22), Boubacar Kamara (0/22), Bradley Burrowes (0/0), Jacob Ramsey (1/26), Jamaldeen Jimoh (0/0), John McGinn (1/30), Leon Bailey (1/23), Ross Barkley (3/17), Youri Tielemans (2/34), Andres Garcia (0/7), Donyell Malen (3/11), Marco Asensio (3/9), Marcus Rashford (6/25), Morgan Rogers (8/33), Ollie Watkins (15/34).

Fulham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Fulham. The 47 year-old Marco Silva will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Bernd Leno (0/34), Steven-Andreas Benda (0/0), Antonee Robinson (0/33), Calvin Bassey (1/32), Issa Diop (0/21), Joachim Andersen (0/26), Jorge Cuenca (0/6), Kenny Tete (0/18), Timothy Castagne (0/23), Andreas Pereira (2/31), Emile Smith Rowe (6/30), Harrison Reed (0/11), Harry Wilson (5/21), Joshua King (0/5), Ryan Sessegnon (4/12), Sander Berge (0/27), Sasa Lukic (0/27), Tom Cairney (1/22), Willian (0/8), Adama Traore (2/32), Alex Iwobi (9/34), Carlos Vinicius (0/3), Raul Jimenez (10/34), Reiss Nelson (1/12), Rodrigo Muniz (8/31).

Aston Villa vs Fulham Team News

Fulham have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Aston Villa on Saturday. Sander Berge, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Fulham travelling party for their next match.

Aston Villa vs Fulham Lineups

Aston Villa vs Fulham H2H

The Villans go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 3-1 the last two times they played Fulham. Aston Villa were a little more successful than Fulham in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 6-1-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Aston Villa has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/11.

Aston Villa vs Fulham Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Aston Villa welcome Fulham as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/5 with the bookies on Saturday.

Aston Villa vs Fulham Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Ollie Watkins so far as he currently has 15 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net three times in his last six games, leaving Aston Villa hoping he delivers against Fulham this coming Saturday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Aston Villa won eight of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing two in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Fulham won five of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing one and losing four. Goals are flowing freely for Aston Villa on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Fulham''s last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Aston Villa and Fulham saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Aston Villa averaging 1.7 goals a game. Fulham scored 1.2 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in ten of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.3 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Fulham, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.