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Aston Villa face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 50 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 just last season, in August 2008, as the Potters edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1984/1985 | Mon 27 Aug | Stoke City | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Villans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Stoke City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 35 points from their 28 games played so far, Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 45 from their 26 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Villans's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Stoke City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | Undefeated in last 5 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |