Unai Emery: Alvaro Arbeloa doing top job at Fulham, Aston Villa must be ready

The Villa manager will welcome Fulham to Villa Park, where the visitors will attempt to extend their winning run in the league to three matches.

Arbeloa's side have secured consecutive victories over Hull City and Coventry City, although their Carabao Cup campaign came to an end following a midweek defeat against Crystal Palace.

Fulham will also have to make a change to their starting line-up, with Ryan Sessegnon ruled out through suspension. Antonee Robinson is expected to step into the vacant left-back position and feature in the visitors' defence.

"They are playing really well," Emery said. "They are competing fantastic in the last matches, even losing against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. In the league, they are really fantastic.

"Of course, Arbeloa, he has experience in England. He played here, he has experience in football for a long time. He had very good coaches.

"Now, how they are playing, is really like a coach with experience and a coach managing tactically a lot of things." 

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