Fulham vs Aston Villa Prediction, 10/20/2022 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 10/17/2022

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Game: Fulham vs Aston Villa

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Location: Craven Cottage in London, England

TV: fuboTV

Odds/Point Spread: Fulham (+185) Aston Villa (+155)

Fulham (3-3-4) will play Aston Villa (2-3-5) at Craven Cottage on Thursday. Fulham open at +185 while Aston Villa are at +155. The total is set at 2.75. The goalkeepers who are expected to start are Bernd Leno for Fulham and Emiliano Martinez for Aston Villa.

Fulham F.C. has allowed 20 goals while relinquishing 2.00 goals per 90 min, and opponents have 56 shots on target on them. They have tallied 1 clean sheet, which has them sitting at a rate of 10.0 this season. Fulham has earned 28 yellow card warnings this year and 1 red card. The Cottagers are ranked 12th in the category of goals expected having 11.4, and their expected goals against sit at 19.9. On the year, the squad comes in with an average of 1.20 pts per contest (12 points) and also rank 6th in EPL with 11 assists. The team's goal differential is currently at -4 by means of 16 goals scored and 20 goals allowed. Fulham has recorded 37 saves and they hold a save rate of 67.9 on the campaign.

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Aston Villa has earned 7 goals and the squad's xG on the year sits at 9.0. This club's goals against/90 min is currently at 1.30 in addition to 25 saves, and they have a total of 2 clean sheets. So far this season, Aston Villa F.C. has a save rate of 64.9 (37 SoT against), and sit at 15th in soccer with 9 pts. Aston Villa is 15th in the matter of goals conceded with 13, and the team's goal difference is -6. Aston Villa F.C. has earned a clean sheet rate of 20.0 on the season as well as 23 yellow card warnings. The Villains are sitting with an average of 0.9 pts per fixture while amassing 4 assists.

The man defending the goal for Fulham will be Bernd Leno. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.25 (499 goals surrendered) and he has a save percentage of .699. Leno (178-100-119 mark in his professional soccer career) has recorded 116 clean sheets, which gives him a 29.1% clean sheet percentage. Leno has defended the goal for a total of 35,795 minutes and has 1,119 saves during his soccer career. The keeper from Germany has had 1,601 shots tried at him in 398 career starts.

Emiliano Martinez will look after the net for Aston Villa. He has conceded 1.23 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 55-34-64. Martinez has racked up 49 clean sheets while he has seen 669 shots against him in 13,819 minutes in his career. In his career, Martinez has conceded 197 goals and has accounted for 484 saves in 153 starts. He holds a save percentage of .723 and his shutout rate is 32.0%.

Daniel James is one member of the team who can help decide the match for Fulham. He has accounted for 18 assists while tallying 16 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career. The forward born in Wales has earned 14 goals in 8,431 mins. James has been a starter in 99 matchups during his pro soccer career and accounts for 0.15 goals per 90 mins.

Aston Villa stars Ollie Watkins, who can change the course of a fixture. The forward representing England has totaled 23,037 professional minutes while earning 92 goals. He scores 0.36 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 254 games during his pro soccer career. He has earned 37 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 29 times.

Who will win tonight's EPL game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Fulham (+185)

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