Since the arrival of Unai Emery on the bench, Aston Villa has undergone a complete transformation. From a team that was predicted to fight for survival in the first part of the season, they have reached a position where they can be considered a completely equal rival for the place that leads to Europe next season. They are currently in 6th place in the table with only 2 points less than Tottenham, and they will play one game with them until the end of the season. Given that Tottenham have been in disastrous form of late, Aston Villa certainly have reason to be optimistic. It is not realistic to expect that they can reach the 4th place because they have 8 points less and 2 games more than United, but we should expect an attack on the 5th place until the end. They started to play extremely offensive football, and they also conceded very few goals. In the last 10 matches, they have conceded only 7, which is less than both Manchester City and Newcastle, who have the best defense in the league. They play very well in their stadium and in the last 4 games they have 4 wins without conceding a goal. Fulham's style of play is such that they do not play too defensively and leave their rivals enough space for dangerous attacks, which the offensive part of Aston Villa, especially Watkins, will know how to use. What they are capable of when they play against a team that plays in such a way, they showed the best in the game against Newcastle in which they won 3-0.

As for Fulham, they have some theoretical chances to get a place in Europe, but honestly it is very difficult to expect. Until the end of the season, they have some very tough games, besides this one. They play with Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United and it is very difficult to expect that they can expect a positive result in those games. In the last 2 games, they won 6 points, but it should be noted that they played those games against teams fighting for survival, Leeds and Everton, and in my opinion, they were not that convincing in any of those games. Defensive players too easily allow opponents to rivals, which a team with greater attacking potential would certainly know how to take advantage of. In the matches with the leading teams of the league, they usually lose and win points against the teams that are below them in the table. They certainly have reason to be satisfied with this season, considering that many predicted an express return to the Championship and one should not expect too much defensive play from their side. However, I honestly believe that Aston Villa is in much better form lately, 9 games without defeat, with 7 wins, just confirms it. Their rival for a place in Europe, Tottenham, is playing a very difficult match in this round against Manchester United, and in case of a setback, Aston Villa has a chance to steal that position from them. I honestly believe that this is enough motivation for them to play their best and win 3 points in this match.

自从埃梅里坐上教练席后，阿斯顿维拉发生了翻天覆地的变化。从赛季初被预测为生存而战的球队，他们已经达到了可以被认为是下赛季通往欧洲的地方的完全平等对手的位置。他们目前排在积分榜第6位，只比热刺少2分，而且还要和他们多踢一场到赛季结束。考虑到托特纳姆热刺最近状态不佳，阿斯顿维拉当然有理由保持乐观。由于少了8分，比曼联少了2场比赛，所以指望他们能升到第4名是不现实的，但我们应该期待对第5名的进攻，直到最后。他们开始踢极具进攻性的足球，而且他们的失球也很少。最近10场比赛，他们只丢了7球，这比曼城和纽卡斯尔都少，这两个城市防守最好联盟。他们在主场踢得很好，在最近的四场比赛中，他们取得了四场胜利而没有失球。富勒姆的打法是他们不会打得太防守，给对手留下足够的空间进行危险的进攻，而阿斯顿维拉的进攻端，尤其是沃特金斯，将知道如何利用这一点。当他们与一支以这种方式踢球的球队比赛时，他们的能力在与纽卡斯尔的比赛中表现得最好，他们以 3-0 获胜。

至于富勒姆，他们在理论上有一些机会在欧洲获得一席之地，但老实说这很难期待。直到赛季结束，除了这场比赛，他们还有一些非常艰难的比赛。他们与曼城、利物浦和曼联一起踢球，很难指望他们能在这些比赛中取得积极的结果。最近两场比赛，他们赢了6分，但值得注意的是，他们打的是那些为生存而战的球队，利兹联和埃弗顿，而在我的意见，他们在任何这些游戏中都没有那么令人信服。防守球员太容易让对手成为对手，而一支具有更大进攻潜力的球队肯定知道如何利用这一点。在与联赛领先球队的比赛中，他们通常会在积分榜上输给排名靠后的球队。他们当然有理由对本赛季感到满意，考虑到许多人预测他们会很快重返冠军赛，而且人们不应该对他们的球队抱有太多的防守期望。不过，老实说，我相信阿斯顿维拉最近的状态要好得多，9场不败，7胜，正好证明了这一点。他们在欧洲争夺一席之地的对手托特纳姆热刺本轮对阵曼联的比赛非常艰难，如果遭遇挫折，阿斯顿维拉有机会从他们手中抢走这个位置。老实说，这足以让他们在这场比赛中发挥出最佳状态并赢得3分。