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Aston Villa face a trip to Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Villans have recorded 8 wins, and Charlton Ath. have come away with 11 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, with Charlton Ath. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 20 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 25 Aug | Charlton Ath. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Charlton Ath. | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Charlton Athletic are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Addicks, with 2 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 11 goals for the Villans, and 7 goals against.
Charlton Ath. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 34 points from their 26 games played so far, Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 30 points from their 26 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form Villans, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Charlton Ath. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Aston Villa | Undefeated in last 7 away games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |