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Aston Villa are ready to welcome Sunderland to Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 51 and lost only 14 of the 80 games.
The previous match played between the two at Villa Park was within the last three years, in May 2003, the Villans carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 19 Nov | Sunderland | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Aston Villa | 1-0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 01 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 16 Sep | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 05 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 22 Oct | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | 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 Sunderland is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Black Cats have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 39 points from 37 matches. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 37 games have yielded only 15 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
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 Sunderland. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 9 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |