Liverpool vs Arsenal Live Stream Free Premier League 2020: One newly promoted team meets one in their second season in the top flight on Monday, as Fulham host Aston Villa in the Premier League. The Craven Cottage club would love to emulate their opponents by surviving this season, even if it goes to the last day as it did with Villa – but there’s a lot of work to do to ensure that can be the case.
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t yet picked up a point in the league and the defence has looked worryingly short of top-flight quality.
Villa have started with plenty of reason for optimism, with new signings and an opening-match win.Fulham will look to get points on the board when they host Aston Villa in the Premier League this evening.
Scott Parker’s side have endured a difficult return to the top-flight, thrashed by Arsenal on opening weekend before coming out on the wrong side of a seven-goal thriller against fellow newly-promoted outfit Leeds at Elland Road.
Fulham did see off Championship Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup in midweek and will hope to follow up that first win of the season against an Aston Villa side that escaped relegation on the final day last term.
Dean Smith’s men travel to Craven Cottage sitting in mid-table after beginning 2020-21 with a narrow win over Sheffield United that was sandwiched between cup triumphs over EFL opposition in Burton Albion and Bristol City.Fulham are set to host Aston Villa at Craven Cottage on Monday in an English Premier League fixture.
Fulham come into this game following their 4-3 defeat against Leeds United in their most recent Premier League game. In a pulsating encounter, a brace from Portugal international Helder Costa and goals from Polish midfielder Mateusz Klich and forward Patrick Bamford sealed the victory for Marcelo Bielsa’s side.
A brace from Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and a strike from Bobby Decordova-Reid proved to be scant consolation for Fulham.
Aston Villa, on the other hand, won 1-0 against Sheffield United last Monday at Villa Park. An Ezri Konsa goal was enough to secure three points for Dean Smith’s men. Sheffield United had centre-back John Egan sent off early in the first half.Their most recent match was in January for the FA Cup third round, with Fulham beating Aston Villa 2-1. Goals from French forward Anthony Knockaert and midfielder Harry Arter were enough to secure a win for Fulham. Dutch winger Anwar El Ghazi scored the sole goal for Aston Villa.
Fulham welcome Aston Villa to Craven Cottage on Monday evening looking to end a two-match losing streak since their return to the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Villa take on last season’s Championship playoff winners on the back of three successive victories in all competitions.On the back of spending of £70m in the transfer market and agreeing long-term deals with Tyrone Mings and Jack Grealish, Dean Smith knows that the stakes are now far higher than simply keeping the West Midlands outfit in the Premier League.
Nevertheless, with three successive wins to begin the season, Smith will be optimistic that everything is in place to ensure that Villa do not experience another battle to remain out of the relegation zone.
Although two of those victories have come against lower-league opposition in the EFL Cup, the 3-0 triumph over early Championship pace-setters Bristol City highlighted the depth of Smith’s new-look squad.As well as setting up a last-16 tie with Stoke City, Villa have also defeated Sheffield United in the Premier League, a result which partly came about due to an early dismissal for the Blades. Beginning the campaign with three points has eased the pressure ahead of this game, however, and Smith will feel that his side can go in search of another maximum return.
From Fulham’s perspective, manager Scott Parker will be torn between viewing this contest as a must-not-lose and seeing it as an ideal opportunity to make headway up the standings.
Being provided with an opening double-header against Arsenal and Leeds United left the Cottagers in a position where they were always going to find it difficult to get a point on the board during the early weeks.
With successive setbacks having now materialised, Parker must now assess the options in his squad having witnessed his second-string post two wins in the EFL Cup.