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West Brom. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Baggies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | West Brom. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 10 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 Aug | West Brom. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 24 Jan | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | West Brom. | FAC |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 17 Feb | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
West Brom. have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Baggies have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 35 points from 32 matches. West Brom. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 27 points from their 32 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the The Baggies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| West Brom. | Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |