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Blackburn R. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday 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 43 and win only 18 of the 79 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 28 Nov | Blackburn R. | 0 - 4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Apr | Blackburn R. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 05 Nov | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Blackburn R. | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
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, 5 to 4.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. While the Rovers have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 17 points they have accumulated from 9 games. Blackburn R. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 12 points from their 9 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Rovers could well see them head back from Villa Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Blackburn R. | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |