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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Wigan Athletic at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 2 of the 4 previous games, with the Villans winning just 1.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was less than a year ago, in May 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 26 Oct | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 May | Aston Villa | 0-2 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 09 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 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 |
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, 9 to 7.
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 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 47 points from their 23 games. Wigan Ath.'s 32 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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 | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 8 matches. |
| Wigan Ath. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |