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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Bolton Wanderers at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 39 and lost only 16 of the 74 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in December 2006, with Bolton Wdrs. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Villans in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 28 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 13 May | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Aston Villa | 0-1 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 13 Aug | Aston Villa | 2 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The away form of Bolton Wdrs. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Trotters have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Aston Villa's 49 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Bolton Wdrs. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 26 points from their 32 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are not exactly setting the world alight at Villa Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Bolton Wdrs. in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 9 most recent games. |