Premier League Round 9 2026-10-31 · 20:00 UTC scheduled
Aston Villa (home)
VS Villa Park, Birmingham
Fulham (away)
Prediction
46% Aston Villa (home) Model favorite
26% Draw
28% Fulham (away)
Expected goals 1.65 — 1.13 Over 2.5 goals: 52% Both teams to score: 55%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Aston Villa Fulham
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.591.21
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.330.94
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 77
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 15.5 11.6
Matches in the last 7 days 21
Matches in the next 7 days 21
Travel to this match (km) 027

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Aston Villa vs Fulham: what the data says

Home last five: 1.60 points, 1.67 xG for, 1.51 against per game. Away: 1.00 / 1.92 / 1.53.

Aston VillaFulham
1.60 Points per game 1.00
1.40 Goals per match 1.00
118.25 Sprints per match 100.00

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Aston Villa

  • injured Aaron Wan-Bissaka return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Amadou Onana return: Mid April 2027
  • injured Matteo Ruggeri return: Mid December 2026
  • injured Modou Kéba Cissé return: Back in training

Fulham

  • suspended Ryan Sessegnon return: Late October 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Aston Villa 12 · 4 4 draws · 10 Fulham

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-04-25Fulham 1 - 0Aston Villa
2025-09-28Aston Villa 3 - 1Fulham
2025-05-03Aston Villa 1 - 0Fulham
2024-10-19Fulham 1 - 3Aston Villa
2024-02-17Fulham 1 - 2Aston Villa
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Data coverage

Model probabilities: available Recent xG form: available Injuries & suspensions: available Head to head: available Pressing baseline: available Season context: available