Aston Villa — Fulham 1:1, 31 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 9 Saturday 31 October · 20:00 UTC

Aston Villa 10th · 12 pts DWWDW

1 : 1 1st half 1:0

Fulham 15th · 9 pts DDWWL

Villa Park · referee S. Barrott

Match predictionValue

Fulham +1.5

87% · Fulham are unbeaten in 4 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Fulham +1.5”, and the match finished 1:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Aston Villa 38% draw 28% Fulham 34%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Aston Villa win, and the match finished 1:1. Fans backed Aston Villa win — they got it wrong.

fans 33 votes

Aston Villa 49% draw 18% Fulham 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

D. Affengruber 30'

N. Jackson assist: J. Manzambi 1-0 39'

C. Bassey 45+4'

Z. Suzuki own goal 1-1 64'

I. Mbaye for L. Goretzka 67'

E. Buendia for Alysson 67'

Joao Gomes for J. Manzambi 67'

T. Cairney for A. Iwobi 75'

M. Cash 76'

T. Cairney 77'

R. Barkley for B. Kamara 79'

K. Tete for O. Bobb 79'

C. Palacios for J. King 79'

A. Garnacho for J. McGinn 87'

Rodrigo Muniz for G. Garcia 87'

H. Larsson for T. Castagne 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Fulham

Zion Suzuki  
Matty Cash  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  22 Ian Maatsen  
Boubacar Kamara  27 Leon Goretzka  
Alysson  7 John McGinn  44 Johan Manzambi  
Nicolas Jackson  

Gonzalo García  
Oscar Bobb  24 Josh King  17 Alex Iwobi  
Sander Berge  19 Shea Charles  
Timothy Castagne  22 David Affengruber  3 Calvin Bassey  33 Antonee Robinson  
Bernd Leno  

Aston Villa bench

17Alejandro Garnacho
39Brian Madjo
10Emiliano Buendía
19Ibrahim Mbaye
35João Gomes
40Marco Bizot
6Ross Barkley
4Taylor Harwood-Bellis
5Tyrone Mings

Fulham bench

23Benjamin Lecomte
8César Palacios
15Hugo Larsson
5Joachim Andersen
2Kenny Tete
11Kevin
20Manuel Ángel Morán
9Rodrigo Muniz
10Tom Cairney

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

16Shots14

3Shots on target5

7Shots off target6

6Blocked shots3

12Shots inside box13

4Shots outside box1

87Attacks85

56Dangerous attacks60

7Corners7

2Offsides4

7Fouls12

1Yellow cards3

4Saves2

434Passes536

373Accurate passes474

15Free kicks9

14Throw-ins9

8Goal kicks7

1Penalties0

Aston Villa

FulhamThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Aston Villa and Fulham met on matchday 9 of the Premier League on 31 October at Villa Park. Final score — 1:1.

Aston Villa sit 10th on 12 points after 9 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Fulham sit 15th on 9 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Aston Villa won 1, Fulham won 1. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Aston Villa last five Fulham

DWWDW form DDWWL

9 Matches 10

3 — 3 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 4 — 4

10 — 13 Scored — conceded 10 — 12

1.33 Points per game 1

1.11 Goals scored per game 1

2 Clean sheets 3

3 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 5 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Aston Villa at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 6—7, 1 points per match.

Fulham away: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 3—4, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Aston Villa win 0 draws 1 Fulham win goals 3:2 Aston Villa — Fulham

25/04/2026	Fulham — Aston Villa	1:0	Premier League
28/09/2025	Aston Villa — Fulham	3:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Newcastle United	10	3	3	4	13—16	12
12	Aston Villa	9	3	3	3	10—13	12
13	Hull City	10	2	5	3	11—11	11
14	Ipswich Town	9	3	2	4	14—18	11
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	10—12	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	9—13	9

Full Premier League table

Aston Villa — Fulham, 31 October 2026, 20:00 UTC : score 1:1