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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 36 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in November 2004, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 23 Aug | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Feb | Portsmouth | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Aston Villa | 3-0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 06 Jan | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 14 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 03 Jan | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Pompey have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 31 points from their 27 matches. Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 18 points from their 27 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Attention punters! I see this as an opportunity for the Villans to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Portsmouth | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |