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Last updated : 27 October 2006 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Liverpool v Aston Villa fixture

Aston Villa face a trip to Liverpool at Anfield 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 lose 54 and win only 14 of the 84 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, with Liverpool running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006Sat 29 AprLiverpool3 - 1Aston VillaPREM
2005/2006Sat 05 NovAston Villa0 - 2LiverpoolPREM
2004/2005Sun 15 MayLiverpool2 - 1Aston VillaPREM
2004/2005Sat 04 DecAston Villa1 - 1LiverpoolPREM
2003/2004Sat 10 JanLiverpool1 - 0Aston VillaPREM
2003/2004Sun 24 AugAston Villa0 - 0LiverpoolPREM
2002/2003Sat 11 JanLiverpool1 - 1Aston VillaPREM

Recent respective form guides

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Reds, with 7 goals against.

The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.

Liverpool see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 11 points from their 9 games played so far, Aston Villa's 15 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Liverpool631291010
Aston Villa633010612

FootyMad's prediction ...

A creditable return from recent away games for Villans could well see them head back from Anfield with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Liverpool Unbeaten in the last 12 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Aston Villa Undefeated in last 6 away games.
13 games since last defeat.