Aston Villa advanced temporarily to fifth place in the English Football League by defeating Fulham 1-0 at home, on Tuesday, in the thirty-third stage competitions, while the tie was the master of the situation between Leeds United and its guest Leicester City 1-1 in the struggle for non-relegation.

Villa, who did not taste defeat in 10 matches and became one of the most prominent candidates for European competition next season since Spanish coach Unai Emery took over, raised his score to 54 points in fifth place, a point ahead of Tottenham, who receives Manchester United fourth at the end of this competition. Phase Thursday.

This stage witnesses Wednesday's summit match between leaders Arsenal, who are visiting their direct chaser, Manchester City II.

Villa owes its victory to Tyrone Mings, who scored the only goal of the match with a header after a corner kick carried out by Scotsman John McGinn in the 21st minute.

In the non-relegation struggle, Leeds and Leicester tied at Elland Road.

Leeds opened the scoring through Colombian Luis Sinistera (20), and Leicester equalized through veteran striker Jimmy Vardy (80), his first league goal in 6 months.

Leeds maintained its advantage against Leicester by occupying the 16th place, by a point difference (30 versus 29), but the two teams struggle not to be relegated, as they are one and two points ahead of Everton, the first relegated.

Crystal Palace suffered its first loss since coach Roy Hodgson returned to take charge of the technical matters, and it was 0-2 at Wolverhampton.

Wolverhampton opened the scoring through friendly fire with a goal from Dane Joachim Andersen, a mistake in his team's goal 3 minutes after the start whistle, and Portuguese Robin Nevesh added the second in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the second half from a penalty kick (90 + 4).