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Blackburn R. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 40 and win only 18 of the 75 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Blackburn R. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 02 Feb | Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 4 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Blackburn R. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
Blackburn R. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 25 points from their 20 games played so far, Blackburn R. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 20 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blackburn R. are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Aston Villa. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Blackburn R. | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 5 games since last defeat. |