#FT: Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham
Venue: Villa Park
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Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Matty Cash, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Ollie Watkins, Moussa Diaby (Leon Bailey), Youri Tielemans, John McGinn.
Subs: Jhon Durán, Robin Olsen, Clément Lenglet, Leander Dendoncker, Calum Chambers, Nicolò Zaniolo, Álex Moreno, Bertrand Traoré.
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Fulham
Bernd Leno, Tim Ream, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Timothy Castagne, Andreas Pereira (Tom Cairney), João Palhinha, Alex Iwobi (Harrison Reed), Raúl Jiménez (Carlos Vinicius), Willian (Adama Traoré), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Harry Wilson).
Subs: Fodé Ballo-Touré, Kenny Tete, Saša Lukić, Marek Rodak.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
27' Own Goal by Antonee Robinson, Fulham. Aston Villa 1, Fulham 0.
42' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
45' Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
52' João Palhinha (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Moussa Diaby.
64' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Fulham 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey following a fast break.
65' Antonee Robinson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
66' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Fulham 1. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antonee Robinson.
74' Alex Iwobi (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74' Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Andreas Pereira.
74' Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Raúl Jiménez.
82' Substitution, Fulham. Harrison Reed replaces Alex Iwobi.
82' Substitution, Fulham. Adama Traoré replaces Willian.
With Emery on board(if he doesn't leave in the foreseeable future)I think they'll turn into the English Atalanta, mid table team that transformed into regular candidates for Europa/UCL spots. A few years ago I backed Leicester to have that spot, but they're relegated now.