Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham: McGinn missed the penalty, Suzuki committed an Own Goal

Game is over and the final score is Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham. Zion Suzuki fumble costs Aston Villa three points against resilient Fulham.

Match Report:

A howler from Zion Suzuki helped Fulham earn a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki dropped the ball into his own net as Fulham had a helping hand in recovering to earn a Premier League draw at Villa Park.

Striker Nicolas Jackson had earlier continued his fine scoring form for the hosts, but his first-half goal was not enough for victory because of Suzuki's costly error.

The Japan international could not hold on to Alex Iwobi's inswinging corner midway through the second half and fumbled the ball narrowly over the line for an own goal.

Villa were in good shape when Jackson got his sixth goal in all competitions in October - more than any other top-flight player.

He raced on to Johan Manzambi's pass, evaded weak challenges from David Affengruber and Timothy Castagne, and slotted past Bernd Leno.

That goal came in the 39th minute, and Villa should have gone ahead 23 minutes earlier when they were awarded a penalty.

Leon Goretzka's header was handled by Sander Berge, with referee Sam Barrott originally missing the offence, only for video assistant referee Matthew Donohue to advise him to watch it n a pitchside monitor.

Barrott changed his decision, but Villa captain John McGinn could not capitalise as his penalty bounced away off the crossbar.

When it was goalless, Fulham nearly went ahead when Suzuki made a superb one-handed save to keep out Oscar Bobb's effort.

Suzuki also denied Gonzalo Garcia in the second half, but he badly blundered for the equaliser and it ultimately proved costly for the hosts.

Villa have now won three, drawn three and lost three of their nine league matches and are ninth in the table, three points and six places above Fulham in 15th.

Match Events

6' Highlight from Aston Villa vs Fulham

16' Penalty Missed!  (John McGinn)

25' Match Event for Aston Villa vs Fulham

27' Highlight from Aston Villa vs Fulham

34' Match Event for Aston Villa vs Fulham

39' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham (Nicolas Jackson)

54' Match Event for Aston Villa vs Fulham

63' Highlight from Aston Villa vs Fulham

64' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham (Zion Suzuki)

81' Highlight from Aston Villa vs Fulham

Line-ups

Aston Villa XI: Lindelof, Goretzka, McGinn, P. Torres, Kamara, Matty Cash, Zion Suzuki, Maatsen, Nicolas Jackson, Alysson, Johan Manzambi

Subs: Marco Bizot, Barkley, Mings, Buendia, Harwood-Bellis, Garnacho, João Gomes, Mbaye, Brian Madjo

Fulham XI: Leno, Iwobi, Castagne, Berge, Antonee Robinson, Calvin Bassey, David Affengruber, Bobb, Shea Charles, Gonzalo García, Josh King

Subs: Tom Cairney, Benjamin Lecomte, Tete, Andersen, Rodrigo Muniz, Kevin, Manuel Ángel, Hugo Larsson, César Palacios