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Aston Villa prepare to entertain Reading at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Villans.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in August 2006, the Villans carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Reading | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Aston Villa | 2-1 | Reading | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 10 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Mar | Reading | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 31 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 08 Oct | Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | Reading | LGEC |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 24 Sep | Reading | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Villans's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
The away form of Reading is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Royals have hit 10 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa's 36 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Reading see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 22 points from their 21 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Reading | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Aston Villa are not exactly setting the world alight at Villa Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Reading in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Reading | Not won in previous 9 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |