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Aston Villa have lost only one of their last six games against Fulham, both in and out of competition.

Two of Villa's last three games have ended in draws.

Both teams have scored in five of Fulham's last six games.

Three of the visitors' last five games have ended in goals for both sides.

Both teams have made positive starts to the new season and neither has lost many games of late. Three of Fulham's last six matches have ended in a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes and we're backing this one to end on the same scoreline.

Most recent H2Hs: Aston Villa dominate

Villa have five wins and one defeat from their last six games against Fulham, both competitive and non-competitive, and won 2-1 the last time they met in February.

Fulham preview: One loss from last six

Fulham's unbeaten run came to an end away at Manchester City last time out, but the Cottagers made Pep Guardiola's side work hard for the win.

Andreas Pereira's 26th-minute goal gave Fulham the lead, but Man City scored three unanswered goals to seal the points, although Rodrigo Munez pulled one back for the Cottagers late on to make it 3-2.

Jorge Barreno and Carlos Vinicius will be hoping to return from injury in time to face Aston Villa.

Probable line-up: Leno (goalkeeper), Tete, Andersen, Robinson, Bassey, Lukic, Pereira, Berge, Jimenez, Traore & Iwobi

Aston Villa preview: Unbeaten in eight

Unai Emery's side extended their unbeaten run to eight games in all competitions when they held Manchester United to a goalless draw.

Villa had a bad day against the Red Devils and could have easily lost the game, but instead they held on to make it two Premier League draws in a row.

John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey, Amadou Onana, Tyrone Mings, Boubacar Kamara and Ezri Konsa could all be in contention for the trip to the capital after the international break.

Probable line-up: Martinez (goalkeeper), Digne, Torres, Carlos, Cash, Barkley, Tielemans, Bailey, Watkins, Rogers & Philogene

Other Team News

Fulham duo Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey both started Nigeria's 1-0 home win over Libya. Iwobi was substituted at the break and his replacement Faruq Dele-Bashiru scored the only goal of the game. Sander Berge played the full 90 minutes for Norway in their 3-0 win over Slovenia and also started and finished their humiliating 5-1 defeat in Austria, picking up a yellow card in the process.

Aston Villa full-back Lucas Digne came off the bench in France's 4-1 win over Israel and played the full 90 minutes in their 2-1 win over Belgium, a great result for France who finished the game a man down after Tchouameni picked up a second yellow card in the 76th minute. Meanwhile, Ollie Watkins made two substitute appearances for England, coming on for the 2-1 home defeat to Greece and the 3-1 win in Finland, where he provided the assist for Rice's third goal in Helsinki.