Villa hosted Fulham Saturday, and came away with a hard-fought three points. It was a good win against a decent side, and an important one for confidence and league placement after the defeat at Molineaux.
Villa did not have a good outing against Wolves last week. But today’s another day. Visiting Fulham, who currently sit two spots and one point below us in ninth, give us an opportunity to respond and get back to winning ways. And a win today would be a big boost. We could go as high as fourth, or as low as 12th when all the results are in.
League football is back, and now it gets interesting, starting with this evening’s derby clash with Wolves. September’s favorable stretch of fixtures against teams in the bottom half of the table comes to an end, and all eyes will be on Steve Bruce’s men to see how they fare against tougher opponents now that there’s some confidence and continuity in the squad.
Forest pay us a visit sitting three spots and two points above us in 10th. We’re riding the coat-tails of a 3-0 away win to Barnsley, and you’d like to think we can and should grab another three points.
Cup ties haven’t been much to look forward to for Villa the last several years. This season might not be so different except for the fact that Villa have a deep squad and a number of players looking to either reclaim their places or earn further consideration as future starters.
