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Aston Villa pack their bags to visit Hull City at The KC Stadium on Tuesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 6 of the 12 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.
The previous match played between the two at The KC Stadium was within the last three years, in January 2006, with Aston Villa inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Tigers in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 07 Jan | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | FAC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 02 Jan | Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Hull City | FAC |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 28 Nov | Hull City | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | FLLM |
| 1987/1988 | Fri 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 5 - 0 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 29 Aug | Hull City | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Wed 28 Aug | Aston Villa | 6 - 0 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Tue 20 Aug | Hull City | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Hull City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While The Tigers have scored 6, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Aston Villa however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Hull City's 27 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 35 points they have accumulated from 19 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hull City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Villans's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Hull City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hull City | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | 14 games since last away draw. |