Aston Villa prepare to entertain Manchester City at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Villans are clearly on top, having won 37 and lost only 13 of the 70 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was just last season, in August 2002, the Villans carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Sep | Man City | 4 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Man City | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 28 Aug | Aston Villa | 1-0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | Man City | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Dec | Aston Villa | 2 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 01 Nov | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Man City | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 27 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Man City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The Sky Blues's have scored 12 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 14.
Aston Villa's 43 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Man City find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 31 points from their 30 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
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 Man City. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Man City | 11 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |