Aston Villa vs Fulham

Aston Villa picked up their first win of the season in the Premier League in what was their sixth match in the competition this term, the latest they’ve ever won their first match of a Premier League campaign and their latest overall in a league campaign since the 1969/70 season, when they didn’t win their first league game until their 10th match in the second tier.

Aston Villa went on to win a Premier League match by a 2+ margin after conceding the first goal for the first time since October 2024, also a 3-1 victory against Fulham in which Raúl Jiménez opened the scoring inside the opening five minutes and in which Ollie Watkins was on the scoresheet for Villa.

Ollie Watkins netted his first goal across all competitions for Aston Villa since scoring against Bournemouth in the Premier League in May 2025, ending a run of nine consecutive matches without one during which he had 14 shots.

Aston Villa have won seven of their last eight Premier League meetings with Fulham, including their last five in a row since a 3-0 defeat in October 2022. The Villans last won six successive league meetings against any side when doing so versus rivals Birmingham City from October 2005 to April 2010.

Fulham have won just one of their last 21 away league games at Aston Villa (D7 L13), losing their last six in a row since a 2-1 win in April 2014.

Aston Villa have failed to score in each of their last two home Premier League matches, last going three without a goal at Villa Park in January 2015. Villa last failed to score in their first three home league games in a season in 1969-70 in the second tier, while in the top-flight they last did so in 1946-47.

Fulham have won their last two Premier League matches, beating Leeds and Brentford. The Cottagers are looking for three consecutive wins for the first time since December and January in the 2022-23 season, with this their ninth run of back-to-back wins since then.

Aston Villa scored their first Premier League goal of the season last time out, but still drew 1-1 with Sunderland and have won none of their five games in 2025-26 (D3 L2). It’s the fourth time they’ve won none of their opening five league games, after 1919-20 (first seven), 1964-65 (seven) and 1969-70 (nine).