Aston Villa face a trip to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 2 - 5 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 28 Jan | Middlesbrough | 2 - 5 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 17 Nov | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Boro, with 6 goals against.
Aston Villa's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Those games have seen the Villans pummel 15 goals, and let in 6.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 45 points from their 34 games played so far, Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 49 points they have accumulated from 34 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are certainly at their peak on the road, though your FootyMad panel sees this as a stern test, and one from which they may have to settle for a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Won 5 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. |
| Aston Villa | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 6 games since last defeat. |