FootyMAD's Aston Villa match preview

History of the Aston Villa v Middlesbrough fixture

Middlesbrough face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 38 and win only 14 of the 65 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2005, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 05 Mar	Aston Villa	2 - 0	Middlesbrough	PREM
2004/2005	Sat 18 Dec	Middlesbrough	3 - 0	Aston Villa	PREM
2003/2004	Sat 24 Apr	Middlesbrough	1 - 2	Aston Villa	PREM
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

Recent respective form guides

Aston Villa losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Middlesbrough have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Boro's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.

Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 7 matches. Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 8 points from their 7 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Aston Villa	6	2	2	2	12	11	8
Middlesbrough	6	2	2	2	5	7	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Middlesbrough only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Villa Park will be a good result. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Aston Villa	Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Middlesbrough	Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games.