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Aston Villa face a trip to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 45 and win only 14 of the 73 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in November 2008, with Newcastle Utd. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 24 May | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Mon 03 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 18 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 31 Jan | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Magpies have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 5.
The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. While the Villans have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Newcastle Utd. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 0 points from 1 matches. Aston Villa's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Villans could well see them head back from St. James' Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Unbeaten in the last 25 home games. |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |