Home candy residence for Aston Villa with thirteenth straight victory

BIRMINGHAM, England — Aston Villa registered its thirteenth straight residence win within the Premier League as Unai Emery’s crew beat Fulham 3-1 on Sunday.

Villa was two objectives up on the break following Antonee Robinson’s own-goal within the twenty seventh and a strike from skipper John McGinn within the forty second.

Fulham got here shut early within the second half when Emiliano Martinez tipped Raul Jimenez’s shot towards a put up earlier than Ollie Watkins added a 3rd for the hosts with a Sixty fourth-minute end.

Jimenez pulled a purpose again for the guests within the seventieth, however Villa was to not be denied because it equaled its post-war membership report for successive top-flight residence victories, matching the 13 in a row achieved in 1983.

Emery’s aspect has scored no less than 3 times in every of the Villa Park wins this season, with a complete of 23 objectives throughout the six video games.

It was additionally a return to profitable methods within the league after final Sunday’s 2-0 loss at Nottingham Forest although Villa has since defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-1 at residence within the Europa Conference League.

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