ASTON VILLA
17th in Premiership
with 1 points
Played two games
- Aston Villa are one of five clubs still searching for a first Premier League victory. The others are Birmingham, Bolton, Derby and Manchester United.
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FULHAM
13th in Premiership
with 3 points
Played three games
- Fulham have not returned from Villa Park with three points since 3 March 1973. Their odd goal in five victory in the old Second Division, has been followed by four draws and four defeats from their travels there.
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One of three clubs to have scored just one Premier League goal so far. The others are Manchester United and West Ham.
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Avoided defeat in 10 of the last 11 league outings.
- Won 11 and lost 11 of 40 Premier League games under Martin O'Neil.
- Yet to gain a first home point this season.
- Won one of the last seven home Premier League matches (3-0, against Sheffield United on 5 May).
- A visit to Wrexham in the Carling Cup follows this, before a home league fixture with Chelsea and then a trip to Manchester City.
- A Gareth BARRY penalty is Aston Villa's only goal so far.
- Marlon HAREWOOD, needs one goal to total 100 in his league career (Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and West Ham).
- If he plays:-
- HAREWOOD will be participating on his 28th birthday.
- Gabriel AGBONLAHOR will be making his 50th Premier League appearance in a Villa shirt.
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LAST CORRESPONDING FIXTURE
Villa Park on 21 Oct 2006
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| Volz 45 (right-footed shot about two yards out.) |
Barry 26 pen
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Sorensen, Hughes, Mellberg, Laursen, Ridgewell, Agbonlahor, Davis (Osbourne, 83 ), Petrov, Barry, Angel (Sutton, 75 ), Baros (Agathe, 46)
Subs not used: Taylor, Bouma, |
Niemi, Rosenior, Knight, Pearce, Queudrue, Brown, Bocanegra, Volz, Claus Jensen, Radzinski, McBride (John, 72)
Subs not used Lastuvka, Helguson, Zakuani, Routledge, |
Yellow card:
Knight (24,d),
Queudrue (74,f). |
Yellow card:
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Red card:
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Red card:
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Attendance:
30,919 |
Referee:
C Foy (Merseyside). |
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- Won two of eight Premier League games under Lawrie Sanchez.
- Five goals short of scoring 1,000 in top-flight football.
- Never had fewer than four points after the first four matches of a Premier League season.
- Completed 53 Premier League games since a win by more than a single goal (6-1, home to West Brom on 11 February 2006).
- One of two clubs to have lost six Premier League points from winning positions this season. The other is Bolton.
- Already conceded three goals in the last 10 minutes of league matches this term.
- Lost the last five league games on the road.
- Only bagged eight points from a last possible 54 away from home (eight draws in 18 winless games), since a 1-2 victory against Newcastle at St James' Park on 9 September last year.
- Notched just two victories in 39 away league games over two seasons.
- Not scheduled to meet a so-called "Big Four" club until the visit to Chelsea on 29 September. Preceding that are home fixtures against Tottenham and Manchester City, either side of a trip to Wigan.
- A Jon Harley goal proved the difference between the sides in Fulham's only Premier League victory over Aston Villa; 2-1 at Loftus Road on 8 February 2003.
- David HEALY has scored half of Fulham's goals so far (two of four). One was the quickest in this Premier League season so far, timed at 52 seconds (against Arsenal on 12 August).
- If he plays:-
- Zat KNIGHT will be making his 150th Premier League appearance in a Fulham shirt.
- Hameur BOUAZZA will be making his 100th league appearance (Watford, Swindon and Fulham).
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| HEAD TO HEAD at VILLA |
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VILLA |
Draw |
FULHAM |
| League |
12 |
7 |
4 |
| Premier |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS |
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VILLA |
Draw |
FULHAM |
| League |
15 |
16 |
15 |
| Premier |
5 |
6 |
1 |
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