Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 30 August 2009
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham
Premier League · Sunday 30 August 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham: match report
Aston Villa beat Fulham 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Aston Villa's goals came from an own goal by Joseph Paintsil (3') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (60'). Fulham did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Fulham 15th on 3 points from 2. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Fulham 12th with 46.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 6 draws and 2 for Fulham.
Key events
- 3'Own goal · Joseph Paintsil
- 39'Yellow card · Dickson Etuhu
- 44'Yellow card · J. Greening
- 60'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 85'Yellow card · Steve Sidwell
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)
Ashley Young, Nicky Shorey, Ciaran Clark, Steve Sidwell, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Habib Beye, Carlos Cuéllar
Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)
Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy