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Sunderland face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 52 and win only 15 of the 82 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Villans in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 07 May | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 19 Nov | Sunderland | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 01 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 7 conceded.
The The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Aston Villa sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 10 points from their 5 games. Sunderland's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Black Cats could well see them head back from Villa Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Sunderland | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |