It’s not been a great couple of weeks has it and I’ve been reading on Twitter that our former CEO created a Twitter account and posted an angry letter for everyone to see, moaning a lot about the new CEO or President of Operations, I’m not sure these days.
Okay, it might not be the former CEO, but it does feel like if someone really did love the Club, they wouldn’t be sharing that on Twitter, it’s not what we need. But, it’s done now and I’ll write what I wrote on Twitter and that’s that I trust the owners and Chris Heck is new and new people want new things.
And should be seen as an unwanted distraction and hopefully quickly forgotten. You see, it’s not been a great couple of weeks because of results. We were slow against Chelsea and off the pace, but against Manchester United, we were very unlucky to lose, but lose we did.
And it’s not just the results, we’re losing players on a consistent basis at the moment. Kamara is out for the season and Carlos is out for a few weeks after picking up a hamstring injury in training. In good news though, Torres and Digne are back and even though I like Moreno, Digne delivers.
And we’re not the only side that has suffered with injuries, it’s what we do with the players that we have that count and I think our squad is good enough to compete and I have faith that they’ll create and give everything they can. A little luck going our way for once would be nice though.
All that written, it really is an important match. I don’t need to spell it out we all know why and I think there will be a group of people tomorrow that know it as much, if not more, than we do. It’s all about the 90 minutes tomorrow and maybe results in other places.
I’ll be back then, with a bottle of red.
Match facts from the BBC
Head-to-head
- Fulham have won six of their past seven home games against Aston Villa in all competitions, losing the other.
- However, Villa have won four of the five most recent Premier League meetings, with the exception being a 3-0 loss at Craven Cottage last season that resulted in Steven Gerrard being sacked as head coach.
Fulham
- Fulham are on a three-match unbeaten run in the top flight, winning one and drawing two.
- The Cottagers have won five of their past seven home league matches (D1, L1), scoring 18 goals in those victories.
- Marco Silva’s side have faced 46 shots in their past two home fixtures – 21 versus Everton and 25 against Bournemouth – which amounts to a third of the efforts they’ve faced at Craven Cottage this season.
- Rodrigo Muniz has three goals in his last two Premier League games after failing to score in his first 10 appearances.
- Armando Broja has scored just once in his last 21 Premier League appearances, with that goal coming in Chelsea’s 2-0 victory at Craven Cottage in October.
Aston Villa
- Aston Villa have lost three of their past four games in all competitions, winning the other.
- However, they are unbeaten in four away matches, winning two and drawing two.
- Villa could suffer consecutive Premier League defeats for the first time since May 2023.
- The Villans have won their last nine Premier League fixtures against London opposition, including their previous three trips to the capital this season.
- Unai Emery is set for his 50th league game in charge of Aston Villa – he’s won 29, drawn eight and lost 12 of the previous 49.
- Ollie Watkins has scored in five of his last six top-flight appearances in London.
- Emiliano Martinez is set to make his 200th English league appearance.
