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History of the Middlesbrough v Aston Villa fixture

Middlesbrough prepare to entertain Aston Villa at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Riverside Stadium was just last season, in December 2004, with Middlesbrough running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sun 02 Oct	Aston Villa	2 - 3	Middlesbrough	PREM
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

Recent respective form guides

Middlesbrough's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Boro's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Aston Villa's away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Villans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.

Middlesbrough are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 25 points from 23 matches. Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 27 points from their 24 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Middlesbrough	6	2	2	2	12	14	8
Aston Villa	6	3	2	1	8	5	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Riverside Stadium for the Boro and the Madmen are unable to see past Aston Villa claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Middlesbrough	No sequences of note
Aston Villa	Undefeated in last 6 away games. 4 games since last defeat.