ASTONVILLAVFULHAM

Match insight

Aston Villa and Fulham are locked together on the table, with nothing meaningful separating them. Aston Villa currently sit 4 places and 3 points above Fulham in the table — 16th against 20th. Aston Villa have taken 5 points from their last 5, against 2 for Fulham over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Aston Villa sit well below what our metrics imply, roughly 6 places under their underlying-strength rank.