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Aston Villa: Aston Villa returned to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, edging Fulham 1–0 at Villa Park to extend their unbeaten home run to 20 matches.

The decisive moment came early, as Youri Tielemans rose highest in the 12th minute to head home John McGinn’s inswinging corner. It was a fitting way for McGinn to mark his 200th Premier League appearance for the club, becoming just the tenth player to reach that milestone for Villa.

Despite creating numerous opportunities to double their lead, the home side were repeatedly denied by Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno. The German produced a string of outstanding saves, thwarting Tielemans and Ollie Watkins, while substitute Donyell Malen rattled the crossbar late on as Villa pushed for a second.