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52 Ball possession (%) 48
10 Goal attempts 11
3 Shots on Goal 3
5 Shots off Goal 5
2 Blocked shots 3

Aston Villa vs Fulham: prediction & betting odds 3 May 2025

The Matchday 35 Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Fulham will take place on May 3 at Villa Park in Birmingham. Aston Villa vs. Fulham: prediction and betting odds, statistics.

Aston Villa

Liverpool is already in the Champions League, and Arsenal is just a step away from qualifying for this European competition. However, five clubs are vying for the remaining three spots. Birmingham has the least chance of finishing in the top five, trailing the top five by four points. Unai Emery's side reduced their chances after losing to Manchester City (1-2) in the last round. Although, before that, the team had won five consecutive Premier League matches.

  • At least three goals have been scored in Aston Villa's last five league matches.
  • Both teams scored in 7 of Birmingham's last 10 Premier League matches.
  • The club has not lost the first half in their last six Premier League matches (1 win and 5 draws).

Predicted lineup for Aston Villa (4-4-2)

Emiliano Martinez – Lucas Digne, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres – Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara, Jacob Ramsey, Amadou Onana – Marcus Rashford, Morgan Rogers.

Forward Marcus Rashford is likely out for the season due to injury.

Fulham

The Londoners narrowly defeated Southampton away in the last round, scoring the winning goal after the 90th minute. The team managed to bounce back from two consecutive league defeats to Bournemouth (0-1) and Chelsea (1-2). Notably, Marco Silva's side has gone 14 consecutive Premier League matches without a draw (7 wins and 7 losses). The club is in eighth place and still has a chance to qualify for European competitions, trailing the top seven by six points.

  • Exactly two or three goals have been scored in 9 of Fulham's last 11 league matches.
  • Both teams scored in 6 of the club's last 8 Premier League matches.
  • The Londoners have scored in 15 of their last 16 away Premier League matches.

Predicted lineup for Fulham (3-4-3)

Bernd Leno – Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Kenny Tete – Sander Berge, Andreas Pereira, Ryan Sessegnon, Ryan Sessegnon – Alex Iwobi, Willian, Raul Jimenez.

Referee

Robert Jones (England)

Matches – 20 (Premier League, 2024/25);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 87;

Average yellow cards per match – 4.4;

Red cards shown – 4;

Average fouls per match – 25;

Penalties – 20%.

Aston Villa vs. Fulham: Match Prediction

The London club has returned to the race for a European spot, although their chances of qualifying for even the Conference League are slim. However, they will significantly increase if they win the upcoming match, as the gap to Birmingham, who currently occupy the seventh spot, will be reduced to three points. Marco Silva's side will be highly motivated and will focus solely on attacking, as there is no point in playing defensively.

Fulham has failed to score in only two away Premier League matches this season. However, they have conceded in their last six away league matches. Aston Villa needs to outscore their opponent, as their goal is even higher – to qualify for the Champions League. In Birmingham's last nine league matches, only once were fewer than three goals scored. Additionally, in Aston Villa's last nine home Premier League matches, both teams scored, and at least three goals were scored in 7 of their last 9 home matches in the league.

My prediction – Total over 2.5 goals

Betting tips 3 May 2025

On Saturday in Birmingham, two sides will square off who, just weeks ago, were both in the hunt for a UEFA Champions League berth. Now, however, Fulham's chances have all but vanished, and Aston Villa's prospects remain only slightly more promising.

Aston Villa currently sit six points ahead of Fulham and could see that gap close significantly if they fall short in this head-to-head clash. Avoiding such a scenario will be a priority. The team remains the last realistic challenger for a top-five finish. Even a three-point gap is manageable, particularly considering the remaining fixtures. After facing Fulham, the team will take on Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur, and Manchester United — all of whom have little left at stake in the English Premier League, with the latter two still preoccupied with UEFA Europa League duties.

The two recent defeats suffered by Aston Villa might raise questions, but context is key. One came in the FA Cup — where surprises are commonplace — and the other was an away loss at the Etihad to Manchester City, a result few would find shocking. Before that, Aston Villa dismantled Newcastle United 4:1 and narrowly prevailed over Paris Saint-Germain in a 3:2 home win. Notably, both wins were at home, while the losses came on the road.

Fulham’s form has been patchy, alternating between wins and losses. Fulham encountered a tough post-international break schedule. Like Aston Villa, they were eliminated from the FA Cup at the hands of Crystal Palace, losing 0:3. Their league fixtures included encounters with Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea. They narrowly lost two London derbies 1:2 but did manage to edge Liverpool 3:2 at Craven Cottage. More troubling was the 0:1 away defeat to direct European challengers Bournemouth. Given the form and wider context, Fulham are expected to be competitive, but Aston Villa should just about do enough to secure a narrow win.

Betting prediction
Fulham (+1.5)
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Odds
19/50
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Aston Villa vs Fulham Odds

Premier League: previous matches in the tournament

Aston Villa
22.04.25
Manchester City
Aston Villa
L
19.04.25
Aston Villa
Newcastle United
W
12.04.25
Southampton
Aston Villa
W
05.04.25
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
W
02.04.25
Brighton and Hove Albion
Aston Villa
W
08.03.25
Brentford
Aston Villa
W
25.02.25
Crystal Palace
Aston Villa
L
22.02.25
Aston Villa
Chelsea
W
19.02.25
Aston Villa
Liverpool
D
15.02.25
Aston Villa
Ipswich
D
01.02.25
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa
L
26.01.25
Aston Villa
West Ham United
D
18.01.25
Arsenal
Aston Villa
D
15.01.25
Everton
Aston Villa
W
04.01.25
Aston Villa
Leicester City
W
30.12.24
Aston Villa
Brighton and Hove Albion
D
26.12.24
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
L
21.12.24
Aston Villa
Manchester City
W
14.12.24
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
L
07.12.24
Aston Villa
Southampton
W
04.12.24
Aston Villa
Brentford
W
01.12.24
Chelsea
Aston Villa
L
23.11.24
Aston Villa
Crystal Palace
D
09.11.24
Liverpool
Aston Villa
L
03.11.24
Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa
L
26.10.24
Aston Villa
Bournemouth
D
19.10.24
Fulham
Aston Villa
W
06.10.24
Aston Villa
Manchester United
D
29.09.24
Ipswich
Aston Villa
D
21.09.24
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
W
14.09.24
Aston Villa
Everton
W
31.08.24
Leicester City
Aston Villa
W
24.08.24
Aston Villa
Arsenal
L
17.08.24
West Ham United
Aston Villa
W
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Fulham
26.04.25
Southampton
Fulham
W
20.04.25
Fulham
Chelsea
L
14.04.25
Bournemouth
Fulham
L
06.04.25
Fulham
Liverpool
W
01.04.25
Arsenal
Fulham
L
16.03.25
Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur
W
08.03.25
Brighton and Hove Albion
Fulham
L
25.02.25
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham
W
22.02.25
Fulham
Crystal Palace
L
15.02.25
Fulham
Nottingham Forest
W
01.02.25
Newcastle United
Fulham
W
26.01.25
Fulham
Manchester United
L
18.01.25
Leicester City
Fulham
W
14.01.25
West Ham United
Fulham
L
05.01.25
Fulham
Ipswich
D
29.12.24
Fulham
Bournemouth
D
26.12.24
Chelsea
Fulham
W
22.12.24
Fulham
Southampton
D
14.12.24
Liverpool
Fulham
D
08.12.24
Fulham
Arsenal
D
05.12.24
Fulham
Brighton and Hove Albion
W
01.12.24
Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham
D
23.11.24
Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers
L
09.11.24
Crystal Palace
Fulham
W
04.11.24
Fulham
Brentford
W
26.10.24
Everton
Fulham
D
19.10.24
Fulham
Aston Villa
L
05.10.24
Manchester City
Fulham
L
28.09.24
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
W
21.09.24
Fulham
Newcastle United
W
14.09.24
Fulham
West Ham United
D
31.08.24
Ipswich
Fulham
D
24.08.24
Fulham
Leicester City
W
16.08.24
Manchester United
Fulham
L
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H2H: Aston Villa — Fulham

Premier League 2024-2025
19.10.24
Fulham
Aston Villa
Premier League 2023-2024
17.02.24
Fulham
Aston Villa
12.11.23
Aston Villa
Fulham
Premier League 2022-2023
25.04.23
Aston Villa
Fulham
20.10.22
Fulham
Aston Villa
Premier League 2020-2021
04.04.21
Aston Villa
Fulham
28.09.20
Fulham
Aston Villa
Championship Relegation play-offs 2017-2018
26.05.18
Fulham
Aston Villa
championship 2017-2018
17.02.18
Fulham
Aston Villa
21.10.17
Aston Villa
Fulham
championship 2016-2017
17.04.17
Fulham
Aston Villa
3
:
1
22.10.16
Aston Villa
Fulham
1
:
0
Premier League 2013-2014
05.04.14
Aston Villa
Fulham
1
:
2
08.12.13
Fulham
Aston Villa
2
:
0
Premier League 2012-2013
13.04.13
Aston Villa
Fulham
1
:
1
20.10.12
Fulham
Aston Villa
1
:
0
Premier League 2011-2012
10.03.12
Aston Villa
Fulham
1
:
0
13.08.11
Fulham
Aston Villa
0
:
0
Premier League 2010-2011
05.02.11
Aston Villa
Fulham
2
:
2
06.11.10
Fulham
Aston Villa
1
:
1
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Tables

Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
37 25 8 4 85:40 83
2
Arsenal
37 19 14 4 67:33 71
3
Manchester City
37 20 8 9 70:44 68
4
Newcastle United
37 20 6 11 68:46 66
5
Chelsea
37 19 9 9 63:43 66
6
Aston Villa
37 19 9 9 58:49 66
7
Nottingham Forest
37 19 8 10 58:45 65
8
Brighton and Hove Albion
37 15 13 9 62:58 58
9
Brentford
37 16 7 14 65:56 55
10
Fulham
37 15 9 13 54:52 54
11
Bournemouth
37 14 11 12 56:46 53
12
Crystal Palace
37 13 13 11 50:50 52
13
Everton
37 10 15 12 41:44 45
14
Wolverhampton Wanderers
37 12 5 20 53:68 41
15
West Ham United
37 10 10 17 43:61 40
16
Manchester United
37 10 9 18 42:54 39
17
Tottenham Hotspur
37 11 5 21 63:61 38
18
Leicester City
37 6 7 24 33:78 25
19
Ipswich
37 4 10 23 35:79 22
20
Southampton
37 2 6 29 25:84 12
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
18 14 3 1 41:15 45
2
Manchester City
19 13 3 3 43:23 42
3
Chelsea
19 12 5 2 35:18 41
4
Aston Villa
19 11 7 1 34:20 40
5
Arsenal
19 11 6 2 35:17 39
6
Newcastle United
18 12 2 4 40:19 38
7
Nottingham Forest
18 9 5 4 26:15 32
8
Brighton and Hove Albion
19 8 8 3 30:26 32
9
Brentford
19 9 4 6 40:35 31
10
Fulham
18 7 5 6 27:28 26
11
Bournemouth
18 7 4 7 21:16 25
12
Crystal Palace
19 6 7 6 24:26 25
13
Everton
19 5 9 5 26:23 24
14
Tottenham Hotspur
18 6 3 9 34:31 21
15
Manchester United
18 6 3 9 21:28 21
16
Wolverhampton Wanderers
18 6 2 10 26:31 20
17
West Ham United
19 5 5 9 23:34 20
18
Leicester City
19 4 3 12 15:34 15
19
Ipswich
18 1 4 13 13:41 7
20
Southampton
18 1 3 14 12:45 6
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
19 11 5 3 44:25 38
2
Nottingham Forest
19 10 3 6 32:30 33
3
Arsenal
18 8 8 2 32:16 32
4
Bournemouth
19 7 7 5 35:30 28
5
Fulham
19 8 4 7 27:24 28
6
Newcastle United
19 8 4 7 28:27 28
7
Crystal Palace
18 7 6 5 26:24 27
8
Manchester City
18 7 5 6 27:21 26
9
Brighton and Hove Albion
18 7 5 6 32:32 26
10
Aston Villa
18 8 2 8 24:29 26
11
Chelsea
18 7 4 7 28:25 25
12
Brentford
18 7 3 8 25:21 24
13
Everton
18 5 6 7 15:21 21
14
Wolverhampton Wanderers
19 6 3 10 27:37 21
15
West Ham United
18 5 5 8 20:27 20
16
Manchester United
19 4 6 9 21:26 18
17
Tottenham Hotspur
19 5 2 12 29:30 17
18
Ipswich
19 3 6 10 22:38 15
19
Leicester City
18 2 4 12 18:44 10
20
Southampton
19 1 3 15 13:39 6

Team lineups

Aston Villa

Unai Emery
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Emiliano Martínez
gk. 33 -45
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
df. 30 1
Ian Ethan Maatsen
df. 25 1
Matty Cash
df. 23 1
Pau Torres
df. 20 0
Youri Tielemans
mf. 34 2
John McGinn
mf. 30 1
Boubacar Kamara
mf. 22 0
Ollie Watkins
fw. 34 15
Morgan Elliot Rogers
fw. 33 8
Marco Asensio
fw. 9 3
Substitutes
Robin Olsen
gk. 3 -4
Lucas Digne
df. 30 0
Tyrone Mings
df. 13 0
Andrés García Robledo
df. 7 0
Jacob Matthew Ramsey
mf. 26 1
Leon Bailey
mf. 23 1
Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana
mf. 22 3
Ross Barkley
mf. 17 3
Donyell Malen
fw. 11 3
Fulham

Marco Silva
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Bernd Leno
gk. 34 -46
Antonee Robinson
df. 33 0
Calvin Chinedu Bassey
df. 32 1
Joachim Andersen
df. 25 0
Kenny Tete
df. 18 0
Sander Berge
mf. 27 0
Saša Lukić
mf. 27 0
Harry Wilson
mf. 21 5
Ryan Sessegnon
mf. 12 4
Alex Iwobi
fw. 34 9
Raúl Jiménez
fw. 34 10
Substitutes
Steven-Andreas Benda
gk. 0 0
Timothy Castagne
df. 23 0
Jorge Cuenca
df. 6 0
Smith Rowe
mf. 30 6
Thomas Cairney
mf. 22 1
Harrison Reed
mf. 11 0
Adama Traore
fw. 32 2
Willyan
fw. 8 0
Vinícius Morais
fw. 3 0
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