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Aston Villa face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 02 Feb | Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 4 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Blackburn R. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 30 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Aston Villa have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Villans's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Blackburn R. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 5 points from 7 matches. Aston Villa's 10 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Villans has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Blackburn R.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 4 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |