Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2014
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Fulham 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2014. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Grant Holt (70'). Fulham scored through Kieran Richardson (61') and Hugo Rodallega (86').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 33 points from 31 and Fulham 20th on 24 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Fulham 18th with 34.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fulham in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 3 for Fulham.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Fulham's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 59'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 61'Goal · Kieran Richardson
- 67'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 70'Goal · Grant Holt
- 84'Yellow card · Steve Sidwell
- 86'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 87'Yellow card · Lewis Holtby
- 90+1'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Nathan Baker, Ryan Bertrand, Leandro Bacuna, Ashley Westwood, Joe Bennett, Marc Albrighton, Grant Holt, Andreas Weimann
Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Sascha Riether, Johnny Heitinga, Brede Hangeland, Fernando Amorebieta, Steve Sidwell, Mahamadou Diarra, Pajtim Kasami, Lewis Holtby, Kieran Richardson, Cauley Woodrow