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Middlesbrough prepare to entertain Aston Villa at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 24 of the 64 previous games, with the Boro winning just 23.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Riverside Stadium was just last season, in February 2006, where Aston Villa annihilated the Boro 0-4 in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0-4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 10.
The away form of Aston Villa is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Villans have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 39 points from their 32 games played so far, Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 39 points from their 33 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Boro's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Aston Villa. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Aston Villa | 5 games since last defeat. |