Aston Villa travel to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 55 games played, Villans have recorded 17 wins, and Wolves have come away with 22 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Wolves was more than a decade ago, in October 1989, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Dec | Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Wolves | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 10 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Wolves | LC |
| 1989/1990 | Wed 04 Oct | Wolves | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | LC |
| 1989/1990 | Wed 20 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Wolves | LC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 25 Feb | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | Wolves | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sun 23 Oct | Wolves | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | DIV1 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 29 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Wolves | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Aston Villa have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Wolves are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 24 points from their 27 games thus far. Aston Villa's 37 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wolves | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Villans has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Wolves. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wolves | 4 games since last home draw. |
| Aston Villa | 6 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |