Middlesbrough face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 38 and win only 14 of the 65 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2005, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Middlesbrough | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Middlesbrough | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
2002/2003 | Tue 28 Jan | Middlesbrough | 2 - 5 | Aston Villa | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Middlesbrough have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Boro's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 7 matches. Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 8 points from their 7 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Middlesbrough only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Villa Park will be a good result. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. |
Middlesbrough | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |