In his second league start since signing from Nice, Evan Guessand made a foul against Sunderland last Sunday to take his average in a Villa shirt to 1.74 per 90. He’s only managed to avoid an infringement in one of his four appearances for his new club and his average of 1.57 fouls per 90 in Ligue 1 last season suggests he’s likely to continue making clumsy challenges.

Marco Silva seems to have settled on Ryan Sessegnon as his starting left back with Antonee Robinson out injured and the full back having won 0.62 fouls per 90 last season is encouraging. The last three right sided midfielders against the Cottagers have made four fouls between them and all have made at least one. Guessand’s data suggests he can continue this trend.

Joachim Andersen’s aerial prowess make him a regular threat from set pieces and three shots in his last three starts shows that he’s Fulham’s main target from dead ball situations. The Dane has a career average of 0.5 shots per 90 for club and country and has managed a shot in both of his two trips to Villa Park in a Fulham shirt.

Villa aren’t typically a team to target when defending set plays, however, their last three matches in all competitions have seen opposition central defenders combine for a massive 11 efforts at goal. Ten-man Sunderland caused them all sorts of problems from long throws last weekend and given that Unai Emery’s men have now conceded a league high 28 shots from restarts this season, it makes sense to get Andersen on side at a great price.

Spanish midfielder Martin Zubimendi has impressed in his debut Premier League campaign so far but has fallen foul of the referee’s whistle on a regular basis, making 1.8 infringements per 90. He’s no stranger to a physical battle in the middle of the park given his career average of over a foul per game and having landed this bet against Man Utd, Leeds and Liverpool, he’s a strong candidate to do so again.

If it’s a combative affair that Zubimendi is after, he’ll have the perfect opponents on Sunday as Newcastle’s midfield trio of Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton and Sandro Tonali have drawn 5.89 fouls between them this season. Against the Magpies in all competitions this season, central midfielders have committed 29 fouls with seven of them being booked and so Zubimendi looks to have a tough afternoon on his hands on Sunday.