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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 25 wins out of 37 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in March 2006, the Villans carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 02 Dec | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | Aston Villa | 1-0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Pompey have hit 4 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 42 points from their 34 games played so far, Portsmouth's 49 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
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 Portsmouth. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Portsmouth | Not won in previous 8 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |