Aston Villa v Fulham preview: Premier League matchday 9
Aston Villa, 9th in the Premier League, host 15th-placed Fulham on 31 October 2026 at 20:00, with just three points between the sides.
The occasion and the table
Aston Villa host Fulham in the Premier League on 31 October 2026 at 20:00, in a matchday 9 fixture between two sides separated by three points.
Aston Villa sit 9th in the table with 11 points from 8 matches. Their record reads 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats, with 9 goals scored and 12 conceded.
Fulham are 15th on 8 points from their 8 matches. They have 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 8 goals and conceding 10.
Recent form and home/away records
Aston Villa have taken 4 wins and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches. Their most recent outing ended in a 0-3 away defeat to Bournemouth. That loss halted a run of four straight victories, the most recent of which was a 2-1 home win over Manchester City. Prior to that, Villa beat Viking 3-1 at home and won 1-0 away at Newcastle United. The run started with a 6-0 home win over Fenerbahçe.
Fulham's last 5 matches have produced 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. They lost their latest match 0-1 at home to Crystal Palace. That result came after back-to-back 1-0 wins, away at Coventry City and at home to Hull City. Earlier in the sequence, Fulham lost 1-2 away at Ipswich Town, and the oldest of the five results is a 1-1 home draw with Manchester United. Four of those five matches were decided by a single goal or ended level.
Villa's home league record has been less convincing than their recent form. They have played 4 Premier League matches at home this season, with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats, scoring 5 and conceding 6.
Fulham's away record in the league shows the same split of results: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Their games on the road have been tight, with 2 goals scored and 3 conceded.
Previous meetings
The only previous meeting on record went Fulham's way. On 25 April 2026, Fulham beat Aston Villa 1-0.
Players to watch
Nicolas Jackson is Aston Villa's top scorer in the Premier League this season with 4 goals, close to half of his side's league total of 9.
For Fulham, Joshua King leads the way with 2 Premier League goals, from a team total of 8.
How the two sides tend to play
The numbers point to two teams whose league campaigns have been closely matched. Aston Villa have scored one more goal than Fulham but conceded two more, leaving them with a goal difference of minus 3 against Fulham's minus 2.
Villa's recent results show they can score freely: they found the net in 4 of their last 5 matches, with the 6-0 win over Fenerbahçe and the 3-1 victory over Viking among them. They also kept 2 clean sheets in that run, while both teams scored in 2 of the five games. Their home league figures, however, show 6 goals conceded in 4 matches.
Fulham's profile looks tighter. They also scored in 4 of their last 5 matches and kept 2 clean sheets, with both teams scoring in 2. Their margins have been narrow, and their away league games have averaged fewer than a goal for and against per match, with 2 scored and 3 conceded across 4 fixtures.
Estimated win chances
Estimated win chances computed by goal888 from market data, with the margin removed, are: Aston Villa 50%, draw 25%, Fulham 25%. These figures are estimates and not a prediction of the result.
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