Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2013
Result
Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2013, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Fulham defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 December 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Steve Sidwell opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Fulham's goals came from Steve Sidwell (21') and Dimitar Berbatov (30', penalty). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Fulham received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 19th on 10 points from 14 and Aston Villa 10th on 18 points from 14. Fulham went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 37.
Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 5 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Aston Villa's D-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Fabian Delph
- 21'Goal · Steve Sidwell
- 30'Penalty goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 68'Yellow card · Chris Herd
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maarten Stekelenburg, Fernando Amorebieta, Kieran Richardson, Aaron Hughes, Sascha Riether, Pajtim Kasami, Scott Parker, Darren Bent, Dimitar Berbatov
Aston Villa expected line-up (3-5-2)
Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Nathan Baker, Antonio Luna, Ashley Westwood, Leandro Bacuna, Karim El Ahmadi, Fabian Delph, Gabriel Agbonlahor