Aston Villa v Fulham, 28 September 2025

Score3-1 to Aston Villa
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance40,350

View Aston Villa v Fulham head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 35 Aston Villa won: 17 Drawn: 11 Fulham won: 7 Aston Villa scored: 52 Fulham scored: 33 . Aston Villa had now won six consecutive league meetings against the same opposing team for the first time since April 2010 against Birmingham City.

3 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

1 Fulham

Manager: Marco Silva

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 37 G
John McGinn 49 G
Emi Buendía 51 G

Goals:

Raúl Jiménez 3 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Evann Guessand
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Calvin Bassey Defender
Timothy Castagne Defender
Joachim Andersen Defender/Midfielder
Ryan Sessegnon Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
Josh King Midfielder
Saša Lukić Midfielder
Harry Wilson Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Raúl Jiménez Forward

Substitutions:

Pau Torres for Tyrone Mings 32
Emi Buendía for Harvey Elliott 46
Boubacar Kamara for John McGinn 72
Victor Lindelöf for Lamare Bogarde 82
Donyell Malen for Evann Guessand 83

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Raúl Jiménez 11
Kevin for Alex Iwobi 65
Emile Smith Rowe for Josh King 65
Samuel Chukwueze for Harry Wilson 80
Antonee Robinson for Ryan Sessegnon 80

Cards:

John McGinn 45+5 Y

Cards:

Josh King 22 Y
Saša Lukić 34 Y
Harry Wilson 45+1 Y
Calvin Bassey 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder/Forward Bradley Burrowes
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte
Defender Jorge Cuenca
Defender/Midfielder Harrison Reed
Defender/Midfielder Antonee Robinson
Midfielder Tom Cairney
Midfielder Samuel Chukwueze
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Midfielder/Forward Kevin
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré

Comments:

League position: 16th . Aston Villa avoided failing to score in their first three home league games of a season for the first time since 1969-70 in League Division Two. . In their sixth game, Villa became the last team to score in the first half of a game in this Premier League season. . They had now scored 802 goals in 579 home games in the Premier League (conceded 650).

Comments:

League position: 10th . Fulham failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2023. . The Whites had now lost seven of their last 18 away games in the Premier League (won seven). . Raúl Jiménez became the first player to score and be substituted within the first 12 minutes of a game in the Premier League since Samuel Eto'o of Chelsea versus Arsenal on 22 March 2014.

3 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 37 G
John McGinn 49 G
Emi Buendía 51 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Evann Guessand
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Pau Torres for Tyrone Mings 32
Emi Buendía for Harvey Elliott 46
Boubacar Kamara for John McGinn 72
Victor Lindelöf for Lamare Bogarde 82
Donyell Malen for Evann Guessand 83

Cards:

John McGinn 45+5 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder/Forward Bradley Burrowes
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Comments:

League position: 16th . Aston Villa avoided failing to score in their first three home league games of a season for the first time since 1969-70 in League Division Two. . In their sixth game, Villa became the last team to score in the first half of a game in this Premier League season. . They had now scored 802 goals in 579 home games in the Premier League (conceded 650).

1 Fulham

Manager: Marco Silva

Goals:

Raúl Jiménez 3 G

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
Calvin Bassey Defender
Timothy Castagne Defender
Joachim Andersen Defender/Midfielder
Ryan Sessegnon Defender/Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
Josh King Midfielder
Saša Lukić Midfielder
Harry Wilson Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Raúl Jiménez Forward

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Raúl Jiménez 11
Kevin for Alex Iwobi 65
Emile Smith Rowe for Josh King 65
Samuel Chukwueze for Harry Wilson 80
Antonee Robinson for Ryan Sessegnon 80

Cards:

Josh King 22 Y
Saša Lukić 34 Y
Harry Wilson 45+1 Y
Calvin Bassey 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte
Defender Jorge Cuenca
Defender/Midfielder Harrison Reed
Defender/Midfielder Antonee Robinson
Midfielder Tom Cairney
Midfielder Samuel Chukwueze
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Midfielder/Forward Kevin
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré

Comments:

League position: 10th . Fulham failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2023. . The Whites had now lost seven of their last 18 away games in the Premier League (won seven). . Raúl Jiménez became the first player to score and be substituted within the first 12 minutes of a game in the Premier League since Samuel Eto'o of Chelsea versus Arsenal on 22 March 2014.