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title: "Predicted Villa XI: Fulham (Play-Off Final)"
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author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
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published: "2018-05-24T14:16:40Z"
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# Predicted Villa XI: Fulham (Play-Off Final)

A place in the Premier League (and an awful lot of money) is what’s at stake when Villa take on Fulham in the play-off final on Saturday evening.

Bruce’s team, who finished 5 points behind Fulham in the league table, made it to the play-off finally courtesy of two defensive masterpieces against Middlesbrough. Fulham, on the other hand, came from behind against Derby to win 2-1 on aggregate.

If the Villa players want to be celebrating a return to the Premier League with their fans come 7 P.M. on Saturday evening, then they’re going to need to put in one last top-notch defensive display.

We don’t imagine that it will be a pretty performance from Bruce’s men, but if Villa manage to come out on top in the end, there’s not one person of a claret and blue persuasion who will care one bit.

Here’s our Villa predicted XI for Saturday’s winner takes all match: