Aston Villa prepare to entertain Bolton Wanderers at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 37 and lost only 15 of the 68 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was less than a year ago, in January 2003, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 2-0 | Bolton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Sep | Bolton | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Bolton | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Bolton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 02 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Bolton | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 3 | Bolton | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 04 Oct | Bolton | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Aston Villa, Bolton are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Trotters have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 0 in reply.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 7 points from their 7 games played so far, Bolton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their 7 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Bolton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa may be coming up against a decent side in Bolton, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Villans. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Bolton | Not won in previous 6 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |
