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Middlesbrough face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday 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 15 of the 66 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2005, with Middlesbrough inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Villans in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0 - 4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 02 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 3 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Villans have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.
In complete contrast to Aston Villa, Middlesbrough are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Boro have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 22 points they have accumulated from 13 games. Middlesbrough find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 15 points from their 13 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Boro are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Aston Villa. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Middlesbrough | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 11 away matches. |