FootyMAD's Portsmouth match preview

History of the Aston Villa v Portsmouth fixture

Aston Villa prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 25 and lost only 6 of the 39 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was less than a year ago, in December 2007, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-3 winners in a Premier League match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 15 Mar	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Aston Villa	PREM
2007/2008	Sat 08 Dec	Aston Villa	1-3	Portsmouth	PREM
2006/2007	Sun 22 Apr	Aston Villa	0 - 0	Portsmouth	PREM
2006/2007	Sat 02 Dec	Portsmouth	2 - 2	Aston Villa	PREM
2005/2006	Sat 04 Mar	Aston Villa	1 - 0	Portsmouth	PREM
2005/2006	Tue 23 Aug	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Aston Villa	PREM
2004/2005	Sat 12 Feb	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Aston Villa	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, 8 to 6.

The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Pompey have hit 6 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 13 points they have accumulated from 7 games. Portsmouth's 12 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Aston Villa	6	3	1	2	8	7	10
Portsmouth	6	3	1	2	8	13	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but I think that Villans's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Portsmouth. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Aston Villa	Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Portsmouth	Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat.