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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Wigan Athletic at Villa Park on Monday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in October 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 19 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Aston Villa | 0-2 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 05 Oct | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 3 | Aston Villa | LGEC |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 21 Sep | Aston Villa | 5 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGEC |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 01 Dec | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | LGEC |
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, 4 to 2.
The away form of Wigan Ath. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Latics have hit 5 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 38 points from their 32 games played so far, Wigan Ath. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 33 points from 32 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 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 Wigan Ath.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Wigan Ath. | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |