Champions League-chasing Aston Villa welcome fellow European hopefuls Fulham to Villa Park for a Premier League contest on Saturday lunchtime.
Unai Emery‘s side are seeking to bounce back from successive defeats to Manchester City and Crystal Palace, losing 2-1 to the former in the Premier League and 3-0 against the latter in the FA Cup semi-finals last weekend.
Meanwhile, Marco Silva‘s men, who sit eighth in the table, came from behind to beat already-relegated Southampton 2-1 last time out, moving them to within six points of Villa in seventh spot.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 77
Aston Villa wins: 29
Draws: 22
Fulham wins: 26
Aston Villa and Fulham have faced each other a total of 77 times across all competitions and it is the Lions who marginally lead the overall head-to-head record having posted 29 wins to the Cottagers’ 26, while there have also been 22 draws played out between the two clubs.
Their very first meeting took place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup back in March 1905 when Aston Villa thrashed Fulham by a 5-0 scoreline – the biggest-ever winning margin either of these two teams have had over each other.
Between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s, Aston Villa and Fulham regularly faced each other in Divisions One and Two – and also briefly in Division Three – with the Cottagers winning 14 times to the Lions’ 10 over a 34-game period.
Fulham won six, drew five and lost just two of their final 13 league encounters with Villa before the introduction of the Premier League, including 5-2 and 5-1 triumphs in 1966.
In the Premier League era (since 1992-93), Aston Villa and Fulham have locked horns 33 times in the top flight, and it is the Lions who have had the greater share of success, winning 15 times to the Cottagers’ seven.
Both teams have also locked horns on five occasions in the Championship between 2016 and 2018, winning and losing two games each before Fulham prevailed by a slender 1-0 scoreline in the 2017-18 playoff final at Wembley, courtesy of a first-half goal from Tom Cairney.
Villa have since responded well after returning to the top flight, as they have won six of their last seven Premier League meetings with Fulham, including each of their last four by an aggregate score of 9-3.
Previous meetings
Oct 19, 2024: Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Feb 17, 2024: Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Nov 12, 2023: Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Apr 25, 2023: Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Oct 20, 2022: Fulham 3-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 04, 2021: Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Sep 28, 2020: Fulham 0-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Jan 04, 2020: Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa (FA Cup Third Round)
May 26, 2018: Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham (Championship Playoff Final)
Feb 17, 2018: Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa (Championship)
Oct 21, 2017: Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham (Championship)
Apr 17, 2017: Fulham 3-1 Aston Villa (Championship)
Oct 22, 2016: Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham (Championship)
Apr 05, 2014: Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham (Premier League)
Dec 08, 2013: Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 13, 2013: Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Oct 20, 2012: Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Mar 10, 2012: Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Oct 19, 2024: Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Feb 17, 2024: Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Nov 12, 2023: Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Apr 25, 2023: Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Oct 20, 2022: Fulham 3-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 04, 2021: Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Sep 28, 2020: Fulham 0-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 05, 2014: Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham (Premier League)
Dec 08, 2013: Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 13, 2013: Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
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