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Aston Villa face a trip to Birmingham City at St Andrew's at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 58 games played, Villans have recorded 21 wins, and Birmingham C. have come away with 23 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in November 2007, with Aston Villa inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Blues in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 20 Apr | Aston Villa | 5 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 11 Nov | Birmingham C. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 16 Apr | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 16 Oct | Birmingham C. | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 20 Mar | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 12 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 22 Feb | Aston Villa | 2 - 2 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
Aston Villa have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Villans's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Birmingham C. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 4 points from their 4 games played so far, Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 6 from their 3 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Aston Villa on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Birmingham C.. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | No sequences of note |
| Aston Villa | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |