Premier League: Aston Villa stay on course for Europe, beat Fulham 1-0

Aston Villa moved one step closer to trying to get one of the European places in the Premier League as they beat Fulham 1-0 at home courtesy of a Youri Tielemans goal in the first half. 

 

The win takes them to 60 points on 7th place as they are now level on points with 6th-placed Nottingham Forest, who dropped points in their last fixture against Brentford.

 

Fulham, who are one spot below Villa failed to close the gap to their opponents on the night as they failed to find the back of the net away from home.