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Aston Villa pack their bags to visit Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 79 games played, Villans have recorded 18 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 37 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was within the last three years, in November 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 07 May | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The The Black Cats's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
The away form of Aston Villa however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Villans pummel 14 goals, and let in 7.
Sunderland are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 13 points from their 16 games thus far. Aston Villa's 27 points from 16 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Villans have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from Stadium Of Light with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Aston Villa | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |