da 888： Aston Villa travel to Craven Cottage on Saturday, hoping that summer signing Christian Benteke can replicate the goal scoring form he showed for Belgium during the international break.
da bwin： The 21-year-old – signed from Genk for £7million – has yet to hit his stride for Villa, but was on target in each of Belgium’s World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Scotland respectively.
Paul Lambert will be hoping his form continues, with Villa having only managed six goals in their opening seven fixtures, which has contributed to them finding themselves currently languishing in 16th place.
Fulham have made a solid start to their season, currently sitting 9th with 10 points from their opening seven games. Martin Jol looks to have a fully fit forward line to choose from, with Dimitar Berbatov and Mladen Petric both recovering from injury.
Jol could however be without Bryan Ruiz, after the attacker injured his thigh whilst playing for Costa Rica last week.
Lambert hopes to welcome back Stephen Ireland to the Villa midfield after he missed the last two with a wrist injury, as Villa look to halt a run of three league games without a win.
Prediction: Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa