Their character certainly cannot be questioned after they rallied back late in the day to claim a point whilst extending their unbeaten run to nine games, with the Villans likely to secure European football in some capacity with the possibility of seventh place being enough.
A Villa Park return should provide a boost as none of the last four visiting sides have taken a point or even scored a goal here.
In fact, Villa’s current run of four straight home wins without reply is an ongoing club record in the Premier League (PL), although the last time they achieved the same feat in the top-flight, they went on to lose the next game 6-2 back in 1983.
Marco Silva’s Fulham have spent the last couple of rounds piling more misery upon relegation-threatened sides Everton and Leeds (W2), a pair of victories which may have reignited the Cottagers’ slim hopes of a European finish.
Those victories ended a five-game losing run for Fulham, although they’ll face a much sterner test of their credentials here at a venue where they’ve lost three of their last four visits.
Even so, Fulham may take confidence from the fact that the only top-six side they’ve beaten this season is Villa in the reverse H2H, although their overall PL record against such sides this season makes for bleak reading (W1, L8).
In any case, one must be cautious to write the visitors off as only two sides have a stronger win rate as pre-match PL outsiders away from home than their 36% (W5, D2, L7).
Players to watch: Ollie Watkins registered the final goal of this corresponding fixture last season, and after a run of five goals across his last five appearances, he can set a personal best PL scoring season with one more goal.
Harry Wilson has burst onto the scene by hitting his first two PL goals of the season across the last two rounds, whilst he has never lost when finding the net for Fulham (W10, D2).
Hot stat: Across the entire PL season, Fulham have conceded more away goals after the 75th minute (eight) than prior to half-time (seven).