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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Charlton Athletic at Villa Park on Wednesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 15 and lost only 4 of the 27 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in September 2003, the Villans carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Wed 25 Aug | Charlton Ath. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Aston Villa | 2-1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Charlton Ath. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 21 Jan | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 24 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Charlton Ath. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Addicks's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Aston Villa's 45 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Charlton Ath.'s 44 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Villans's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Charlton Ath.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Charlton Ath. | Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |