Game #5779
Aston Villa
17-9-9, 60 PTS
Saturday, 3 May 2025


Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Fulham
14-9-12, 51 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,515
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Fulham

Assist(s): John McGinn | 12’ |
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 May 2025
❗❗ | 7’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins heads wide from Marco Asensio’s cross
⚽ | 12’ Goal!, 1-0, Youri Tielemans, Assist by John McGinn
❗ | 20’ Chance! Ollie Watkins can’t get to Youri Tielemans pass before Leno clears
🎥 | 35’ Ollie Watkins brought down in the box, VAR rules no foul
❗ ❗ | 45’ Huge Chance!! Leno with a strong save of Youri Tielemans effort from John McGinn’s ball in
🕒 | 45’+2 HT Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham
🗒️ | Despite leading some really sloppy play in that first half, Villa inviting pressure on themselves as Pau Torres struggles again
❗❗ | 47’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins cannot connect with Matty Cash’s excellent ball in.
❗ | 49’ Chance! Morgan Rogers’ shot blocked
🎥 | 50’ VAR Rules out Sessengon’s hand ball effort
⛔ | 55’ Emi Martínez saves easily from Wilson but Villa not heeding the warnings
🗒️ | More sloppy play, this time from Ezri Konsa, not playing to the whistle, schoolboy stuff, Emery is raging
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Marco Asensio, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Amadou Onana
❗❗ | 61’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from Morgan Rogers’ pass excellently saved by Leno once again
🗒️ | Another game, another outstanding goalkeeping performance from the opposition ‘keeper
❗ | 63’ Chance! Ian Maatsen wide
🆘 | 67’ Kenny Tete, already on a yellow, should probably be off but referee Jones thinks a lecture will suffice for his latest foul
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Donyell Malen
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
❗ | 72’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey’s shot blocked after Amadou Onana’s pass
❗ | 72’ Chance! Pau Torres can’t reach the ball to poke it home for 2-0
⛔ | 77’ Certain equaliser but for Matty Cash’s brave block
🗒️ | Villa just do not learn, profligate finishing, shaky defending, the inevitable is coming
❗ | 79’ Chance! Donyell Malen point blank shot saved by Leno
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🚑 | 84’ Player retires from field of play with injury, (Fulham), Harrison Reed
🚑 | 84’ Fulham reduced to 10-men
↔️ | 87’ Adama Traoré shoots over
🗒️ | 8’ added time announced by the fourth official, gulp
🚑 | 90’+1 Amadou Onana down with injury
❗❗ | 90’+4 Huge Chance!! Donyell Malen hits the bar
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham
🗒️ | 3 Points but a tired, dazed and confused performance from Villa, literally limping home to the end of the season.
Match Statistics
Villa Possession 52%
Opposition Possession 48%
Villa Shots 10
Opposition Shots 11
Villa Shots on Target 3
Opposition Shots on Target 3
Villa Shots off Target 5
Opposition Shots off Target 5
Villa Blocked Shots 2
Opposition Blocked Shots 3
Villa Touches in Box 16
Opposition Touches in Box 24
Villa Fouls 6
Opposition Fouls 17
Villa Corners 5
Opposition Corners 3
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 May 2025
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | moves level with the great Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984 on 137 games as Villa boss
Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | makes his 🕒 120th appearance under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | more appearances than he had made in his entire career before joining Villa.
Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | makes his ✅ 15th start in a Villa shirt and his 8th in the Premier League
Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | makes his 🕒 235th appearance in a Villa shirt
Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | makes his 🕒 70th appearance in a Villa shirt, his ✅ 65th start and his 50th Premier League appearance for Villa
Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | makes his 🕒 145th Premier League appearance for Villa and his ✅ 130th Premier League start
Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | makes his ✅ 75th start under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
John McGinn | 🏴 | makes his 🕒 200th Premier League appearance for Villa
Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | makes his 10th Premier League appearance for Villa
Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | makes his 🕒 220th appearance for Villa
John McGinn | 🏴 | moves level with Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | and Mark Walters | 🏴 | on 🔥 37 assists in a Villa shirt
John McGinn | 🏴 | moves level with Ron Wylie | 🏴 | Mark Walters | 🏴 | and Jack Grealish | 🏴 | on 🔥 32 League assists in a Villa shirt
John McGinn | 🏴 | moves level with Alan Wright | 🏴 | on 🔥 23 Premier League assists in a Villa shirt
John McGinn | 🏴 | contributes his ⚽ 🔥 30th goal involvement under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | makes his 🕒 165th appearance in a Villa shirt
Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt.
Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | makes his 🔁 25th substitute appearance under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
Villa are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League home games Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (W10 D7) equalling their record also set under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | between Mar & Dec 2023.
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham


Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Total 🕒 78 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 112 | 🥅 101 |
League 🕒 73 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 103 | 🥅 94 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 39 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 34 |
Away 🕒 38 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 44 | 🥅 64 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #54
League Game: #35
Manager Game: #137
Date: Saturday, 3 May 2025
Attendance: 42,515
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🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2018-
Kick off: 12.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 137 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 25 🟥 38 | 1.80
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2018-
Assistants: Dan Cook, Neil Davies
Fourth official: Gavin Ward
VAR: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2021-
Assistant VAR: Darren Cann
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
VAR: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2021-
Games: 🕒 8 🟩 W3 (38%) 🟥 L1 (13%) | Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Pens: ⚽ 1 🥅 0 ❌ 1 Refused | Goals: ⚽ Disallowed : 2
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Ryan Sessegnon
🟨 Kenny Tete
🟨 Calvin Bassey
🟨 Sander Berge
🟨 Marco Silva
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Marco Silva | 🇵🇹 |

Fulham
GK Bernd Leno | 🇩🇪 |
RB Kenny Tete | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Calvin Bassey | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |
LB Antonee Robinson | 🇺🇸 |
M Sander Berge | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Saša Lukić | 🇷🇸 |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Harry Wilson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Alex Iwobi | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Raúl Jiménez | 🇲🇽 |
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for W Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | 60’ |
🔁 | M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 61’ |
🔁 | W Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | for LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 71’ |
🔁 | M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | for M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Emile Smith Rowe | 🏴 | for W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 | RB Timothy Castagne | 🇧🇪 | for RB Kenny Tete | 🇳🇱 | 67’ |
🔁 | W Adama Traoré (ex) | 🇪🇸 | for W Harry Wilson | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Harrison Reed | 🏴 | 🚑 | for M Sander Berge | 🇳🇴 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Willian | 🇧🇷 | for W Alex Iwobi | 🇳🇬 | 76’ |

🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steven Benda | 🇩🇪 |
CB Jorge Cuenca | 🇪🇸 |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 |
CF Carlos Vinícius | 🇧🇷 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | | 165 | 60 | 17 | 17 | 81 | 26 | 58 | - | 0 | 18 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | | 123 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 32 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 35 | €3.50m / £2.97m
Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 28 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 31 | €22.30m / £18.90m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 27 | €13.30m / £11.27m
Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 22 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 31 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 27 | €15.75m / £13.35m
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 | 21 | €7.00m / £5.92m
Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 23 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 22 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | 31 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 30 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 23 | Youth
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 25 | Free
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 27 | Free
Wingers
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 27 | €32.00m / £27.12m
W Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | 25 | €25.00m / £21.11m
W Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | 29 | Loan
Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 29 | €34.00m / £28.82m
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Goalkeepers
GK Bernd Leno | 🇩🇪 | €3.60m / £3.05m | 33 |
GK Steven Benda | 🇩🇪 | €870k / £737k | 26 |
Defenders
CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 | €29.50m / £25.00m | 28 |
CB Calvin Bassey | 🇳🇬 | €22.50m / £19.06m | 25 |
CB Jorge Cuenca | 🇪🇸 | €6.70m / £5.75m | 25 |
Full Backs
RB Timothy Castagne | 🇧🇪 | €13.00m / £11.00m | 29 |
RB Kenny Tete | 🇳🇱 | €3.20m / £2.71m | 29 |
LB Antonee Robinson | 🇺🇸 | €2.10m / £1.78m | 27 |
Midfielders
M Emile Smith Rowe | 🏴 | €31.80m / £27.11m | 24 |
M Sander Berge | 🇳🇴 | €23.55m / £20.00m | 26 |
M Saša Lukić | 🇷🇸 | €9.80m / £8.30m | 28 |
M Harrison Reed | 🏴 | €6.50m / £5.51m | 30 |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 | €4.20m / £3.56m | 34 |
M Willian | 🇧🇷 | Free | 36 |
Wingers
W Alex Iwobi | 🇳🇬 | €25.70m / £21.77m | 29 |
W Harry Wilson | 🏴 | €14.00m / £12.45m | 28 |
W Adama Traoré (ex) | 🇪🇸 | Free | 29 |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | Free | 24 |
Forwards
CF Raúl Jiménez | 🇲🇽 | €6.40m / £5.42m | 33 |
CF Carlos Vinícius | 🇧🇷 | €5.00m / £4.24m | 30 |
🟩 3 May 2025, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
1. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | 29 | €2.80m / £2.37m | 12 Aug 23 [110 Games out]
2. W Marcus Rashford | 🏴 | 27 | Loan | 26 Apr 25 [2]
Out on Loan | 23 | €129.80m
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 32 | €20.00m / £16.95m | Vasco da Gama
2. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 | 21 | Youth | Crewe
3. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴 | 19 | Youth | Shrewsbury
4. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | 21 | Youth | Preston
5. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴 | 19 | Free | Bristol Rovers
6. GK James Wright | 🏴 | 19 | Youth | Real Unión
7. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 31 | €13.50m / £11.44m | Forest
8. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴 | 19 | Youth | Real Unión
9. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | 23 | €8.00m / £6.80m | Valencia
10. M Rico Richards | 🏴 | 20 | Free | Port Vale
11. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 29 | €15.00m / £12.71m | Anderlecht
12. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴 | 22 | €11.80m / £10.00m | Norwich
13. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴 | 20 | Youth | MK Dons
14. W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 28 | €38.40m / £32.54m | Leverkeusen
15. GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | 24 | €1.50m / £1.27m | Barnsley
16. F Kobei Moore | 🏴 | 20 | Youth | Fleetwood
17. F Charlie Lutz | 🏴 | 20 | Youth | Kidderminster
18. CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | 21 | Youth | Bristol Rovers
19. RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | 19 | €7.60m / £6.44m | Leipzig
20. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | 20 | €14.00m / £11.89m | Boro
21. F Travis Patterson | 🏴 | 19 | Youth | MK Dons
22. W Kadan Young | 🏴 | 18 | Youth | Antwerp
23. CB Yasin Özcan | 🇹🇷 | 18 | tbc | Kasimpasa
Youth | 8 |
1. GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | 20 | Youth
2. GK Sam Proctor | 🏴 | 18 | €120k / £102k
3. CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴 | 19 | Youth
4. RB Triston Rowe | 🏴 | 18 | Youth
5. M Aidan Borland | 🏴 | 17 | €350k / €294k
6. M Ben Broggio | 🏴 | 17 | Youth
7. M Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴 | 18 | Youth
8. F Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | 16 | Youth
Not Selected | 1 |
1. RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 21 | Youth
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
1. W Reiss Nelson | 🏴 | Loan | 25 |
2. CF Rodrigo Muniz | 🇧🇷 | €8.00m / £6.78m | 23 |
Out on Loan | 1 |
1. M Luke Harris | 🏴 | Youth | 20 | Birmingham
LEAGUE TABLE



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