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Aston Villa are ready to welcome West Bromwich Albion to Villa Park at lunchtime on Sunday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, winning 60.00% of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Villa Park was within the last three years, in December 2002, the Villans carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 Aug | West Brom. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Aston Villa | 2-1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 24 Jan | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | West Brom. | FAC |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 17 Feb | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | FAC |
| 1987/1988 | Fri 18 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Wed 16 Sep | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
West Brom. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Aston Villa's 41 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. West Brom. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 27 points from their 31 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 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 West Brom.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| West Brom. | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |