Premier League: Aston Villa 1 Fulham 0

Substitute Andreas Weimann seized on a Mark Schwarzer fumble in the 93rd minute to give Aston Villa a 1-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.

The game looked like it would end in a stalemate, only for the Austrian to snatch victory at the death at Villa Park.

A tame shot from Gary Gardner was not dealt with by Schwarzer and Fulham paid the ultimate price as Weimann bundled the loose ball into the net in the third minute of added time.

Despite enjoying plenty of the possession early on, the home side could not create anything more than a series of corners, none of which they looked like scoring from.

The best chance of the half came after 17 minutes when Fulham’s Danny Murphy carelessly gave the ball away in midfield. Villa quickly latched on to it and the chance fell to a racing Gabriel Agbonlahor who fired his shot on target, but Schwarzer managed to push it away.

Murphy’s misery was compounded as he took an elbow in the face from Stephen Ireland which could have seen a dismissal but the referee Jon Moss deemed it accidental.

The home side lost their impetus as the game progressed and only managed a couple of speculative shots from distance by Stilian Petrov, both dealt with comfortably by Schwarzer.

Fulham’s travelling supporters had to wait until first-half injury time for their first real sight of goal. A clever free-kick from Murphy fed Andy Johnson down the left side and he slid a pass across the face of the penalty area, but Pavel Pogrebnyak was inches away from turning it in.

It finished goalless at the break and Martin Jol brought off the out of sorts Murphy during the interval and handed Mahamadou Diarra his debut in an attempt to sure up the Fulham midfield, which had looked dangerously lightweight in the first half.

The roles were reversed in the second half as Fulham came out with intent and Aston Villa were pegged back into their own half.

Despite Fulham getting back into the game it was Villa who came close again to opening the scoring.

Marc Albrighton’s shot from a tough angle inside the penalty area rattled the crossbar, after Alan Hutton did well down the right flank.

The next chance came Fulham’s way as Damien Duff broke into the Villa box but he could not control his shot on the half volley, firing it over the bar.

Carlos Cuellar had a half chance as the match drew to an end, but with his back to goal he put it wide from six yards out.

Just when the Villa fans were making their way out of the ground, Gardner was allowed space to shoot.

Schwarzer could not hold on to his shot and Weimann was quickest to follow up, scrambling the ball into the net to secure a vital three points for Alex McLeish’s side.