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Aston Villa face a trip to Wigan Athletic at JJB Stadium on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 4 of the previous 6 occasions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, where Aston Villa annihilated the Villans 0 - 4 in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 15 Aug | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Wigan Athletic have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Latics in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Wigan Ath. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 19 points from 19 matches. Aston Villa's total of 35 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wigan Ath. | No sequences of note |
| Aston Villa | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |