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Aston Villa pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 75 games played, Villans have recorded 26 wins, and West Brom. have come away with 31 victories.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was within the last three years, in January 2006, with Aston Villa inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Baggies in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 09 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | West Brom. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 10 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 Aug | West Brom. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 24 Jan | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | West Brom. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The The Baggies's have scored 11 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 13.
The away form of Aston Villa however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 15 goals for the Villans, and 6 goals against.
West Brom. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches. Aston Villa sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 7 points from their 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
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 The Hawthorns with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | No sequences of note |
| Aston Villa | 5 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |