Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham: match report

Aston Villa defeated Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Clint Dempsey opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from an own goal by Zat Knight (51') and Shaun Maloney (86'). Fulham scored through Clint Dempsey (6').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 1 point from 2 and Fulham 13th on 3 points from 3. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Fulham 17th with 36.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 5 draws and 1 for Fulham.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Chris BairdFulham
  • 6'Goal · Clint DempseyFulham · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Wilfred BoumaAston Villa
  • 51'Own goal · Zat KnightAston Villa · 1-1
  • 70'Second yellow · Chris BairdFulham
  • 71'Yellow card · Diomansy KamaraFulham
  • 86'Goal · Shaun MaloneyAston Villa · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 5, Fulham 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

Kasey Keller, Carlos Bocanegra, Paul Konchesky, Zat Knight, Chris Baird, Alexei Smertin, Steven Davis, Simon Davies, Diomansy Kamara, Clint Dempsey, David Healy