Fulham v Aston Villa Tip

Aston Villa find themselves offered up as marginal underdogs for this Sunday lunchtime clash at a best price of 9/5 with Bet365. This despite having the third best away record in the Premier League while Fulham (7/4 WilliamHill) have the worst home record in the top flight.

Confidence is high for Paul Lambert’s team after the superb 3-2 victory at St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday night. That made it just one defeat in the last nine on the road (W4 D4 L1) for the Villains . The fact that this sequence has recently been extended without Christian Benteke firing, ought to be more of a cause for optimism than for concern.

Fulham have now changed their manager but Rene Meulensteen couldn’t stop the rot in his first game in charge. The 2-1 loss to Spurs made it six league losses on the bounce and the Londoners have only won once in their last 11 attempts at Craven Cottage (W1 D1 L9).

The absence of Brede Hangeland and Darrent Bent won’t help the hosts while rumours abound that Dimitar Berbatov wishes to leave the club. Put it all together and it’s hard not to fancy a further three points for Villa.