Fulham f.c. vs Aston Villa STATS

Harrison Reed and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored on either side of a Douglas Luiz red card as Fulham heaped misery on struggling Aston Villa at Craven Cottage.

Cristiano Ronaldo won’t be appearing for United after his actions in midweek, while Harry Maguire and Anthony Martial are working their way back to fitness. Wesley Fofana, Reece James and N’Golo Kante remain long-term injury absentees for Chelsea, while Conor Gallagher came off in the first half of their midweek draw at Brentford due to illness. Kepa Arrizabalaga has kept five clean sheets in a row in all competitions and made some superb saves against Villa and Brentford as he’s keeping Edouard Mendy out of the team. As for Manchester United, yet another Cristiano Ronaldo saga has dominated the last few days as he walked off early against Tottenham after being an unused sub and will not be in the squad to face Chelsea. It’s wins came against Everton and Southampton, both at Villa Park. 16:00 Arsenal v Wolves 16:00 Aston Villa v Brighton 16:00 Brentford v Man City 16:00 Chelsea v Newcastle 16:00 Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest 16:00 Everton v AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Leeds v Spurs 16:00 Leicester v West Ham 16:00 Man Utd v Fulham 16:00 Southampton v Liverpool AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace Brighton v Arsenal Fulham v Southampton Liverpool v Leicester Man City v Everton Newcastle v Leeds Nottingham Forest v Chelsea Spurs v Aston Villa West Ham v Brentford Wolves v Man Utd Arsenal v West Ham Aston Villa v Liverpool Brentford v Spurs Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth Crystal Palace v Fulham Everton v Wolves Leeds v Man City Leicester v Newcastle Man Utd v Nottingham Forest Southampton v Brighton Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 games across our NBC platforms. Villa’s won the expected goals battle in four-straight matches including a loss to Chelsea last time out, but that’s only bagged Gerrard’s men five of nine points. Wide service has been a specialty for the Cottagers, with Neeskens Kebano, Kevin Mbabu, Kenny Tete, and Antonee Robinson all feeding the big Serbian forward. Silva’s Cottagers looking solid: Whether out-producing early-season performances or delivering points off superior displays, Fulham looks a lot better than it did at almost any point in its last Premier League season.

Harrison Reed, Aleksandar Mitrovic and a Tyrone Mings own goal saw Fulham romp to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa which saw Steven Gerrard sacked barely an hour after full-time. Villa were booed off at half and full-time by their frustrated sell-out travelling ...

"I've sent messages to the fans for the last few weeks because I share their frustration and pain. Every single match is a great challenge ahead of us, and it has to make us stronger and I'm sure that's what will happen with Steven. It's really important for us, and it's the perfect night. "I spoke to [Steven Gerrard] after the game, as we do usually after the game. I have been around the game a long time, I understand the situation and won't sugar coat the situation or give anyone false lines. I understand the fans' frustration and it was so far from how we looked at the weekend. "The performance was miles away from what I want, expect and stand for. "Clearly it was not a question Christian Purslow or the Villa board could answer either. But in the end, so too did his spell at Villa Park after a defeat which begged one too many questions about where his often rudderless squad were heading. "Villa have lost key figures to injury but that does not explain their rot, losing six of their 11 league games in 2022/23. Steven Gerrard made one change at Fulham from the encouraging defeat by Chelsea on Sunday, bringing in Jan Bednarek for Matty Cash. Gerrard had seen enough, and hooked Ezri Konsa for Cash at the break.

Get a report of the Fulham vs. Aston Villa 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

"Tonight was a tough night for me personally," Gerrard said. [Willian](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/178487/Willian) forced a great save from [Emiliano Martinez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158626/Emiliano-Martínez) before Fulham went ahead when the keeper punched a corner out to Reed who took a touch and smashed a shot into the net. [England](/soccer/team?id=448) captain endured chants of "getting sacked in the morning" by the home fans and was even abused by the away contingent as [Harrison Reed](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/193246/Harrison-Reed) and [Aleksandar Mitrovic](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/183209/Aleksandar-Mitrovic) scored for Fulham before a [Tyrone Mings](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/181312/Tyrone-Mings) own goal completed Villa's misery. [Douglas Luiz](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/320074/Douglas-Luiz) was shown a red card in the 62nd minute for an off-the-ball clash with Mitrovic and Matty Cash conceded a penalty for handball trying to block a shot six minutes later. [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363)] at the weekend, but I got the opposite," Gerrard told Amazon Prime. [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) manager Steven Gerrard as his listless side slumped to a demoralising 3-0 defeat at [Fulham](/soccer/team?id=370) after going down to 10 men in the Premier League on Thursday.