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Aston Villa face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans 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 just last season, in October 2004, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Rovers, with 4 goals against.
Aston Villa's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Villans, and 7 goals against.
Blackburn R. find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 43 points they have accumulated from 28 games. Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 28 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Blackburn R. is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Aston Villa | Undefeated in last 8 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |