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Aston Villa face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 41 and win only 16 of the 73 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2007, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 17 Aug | Aston Villa | 4 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 16 Sep | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Apr | Man. City | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 29 Nov | Aston Villa | 1 - 3 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 25 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Mar | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Sky Blues in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Man. City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 32 points from their 27 games played so far, Aston Villa sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 52 points from their 27 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Villans could well see them head back from City of Manchester Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | Won 4 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. |
| Aston Villa | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |