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Aston Villa face a trip to Reading at Madejski Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the hosts winning just 2.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2007, with Reading running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Jan | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Reading | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Reading | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 10 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Mar | Reading | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 31 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 08 Oct | Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | Reading | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Reading's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Royals have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Aston Villa's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Villans, and 7 goals against.
Reading are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 22 points from their 26 games thus far. Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 44 points they have accumulated from 26 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Reading | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Reading. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Reading | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 6 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |