Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham Highlights

Huga Rodallega’s late header defeated Aston Villa and kept alive Fulham’s slim hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation.

Rodallega flicked in Lewis Holtby’s cross four minutes from time to move the Cottagers five points from safety.

Kieran Richardson had given Fulham the lead from the edge of the area before Grant Holt headed level.

Matthew Lowton’s clearance off the line looked to have denied Fulham victory, only for Rodallega to intervene.

Watch English Premier League match, Aston Villa Vs Fulham highlights here.

Venue: Villa Park
Date: Saturday, 5 April, 2014
Kick off: 15:00 GMT

Head-to-head

Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last 14 home league games against Fulham, whose last win was a 3-2 victory in a Division Two game on 3 March 1973.

However, Fulham did win an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Villa Park in 1999, recording a 2-0 victory.

Home and away, the Londoners have only lost one of their last seven games against Villa (W2, D4).

The last five meetings have produced a total of just six goals.

Aston Villa

The only club to have lost more Premier League home games this season than Villa (nine) is Fulham (11).

Paul Lambert’s side have lost five of their last eight league games (W2, D1).

They have conceded four or more goals in back-to-back league games for the first time since December 2012, when they lost 8-0 to Chelsea and 4-0 to Tottenham.

Villa have conceded 54% of their goals in the first half – the highest proportion in this season’s Premier League.

Fulham

The Whites have conceded 70% of their goals in the second half – the highest figure in the division.

They have conceded 22 goals in the final 15 minutes of Premier League games this season – more than any other side.

Fulham have exactly the same number of points after 32 matches as they did in 2007-08, when they won four of the last six matches to stay up on goal difference.

The Londoners have the lowest tally of clean sheets in the Premier League this season (four).

Fulham have only won one of their last 12 league matches (D2, L9).

They have used more players than any other team in the Premier League this season (37).

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