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Aston Villa face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Monday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 51 games played, Villans have recorded 14 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 20 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 13 Mar | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 01 Mar | Aston Villa | 2 - 2 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Stoke City | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 26 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 24 Oct | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Wed 27 Mar | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Villans 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 Villans have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Stoke City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 0 points from their 3 games thus far. Aston Villa's total of 6 points from their 3 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |