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Arsenal face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 82 games played, Gunners have recorded 21 wins, and Aston Villa have come away with 40 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Aston Villa | 1 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 18 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 27 Aug | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 17 Mar | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 21 points from their 19 games played so far, Arsenal find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 32 points they have accumulated from 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Aston Villa. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | 8 games since last home draw. |
| Arsenal | 4 games since last defeat. |