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Blackburn R. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 41 and win only 18 of the 76 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2005, the Villans carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Blackburn R. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 02 Feb | Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 4 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Blackburn R. is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Rovers have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 2 points from their 3 matches. Blackburn R. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Blackburn R. on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Aston Villa. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Blackburn R. | Not won in previous 7 away matches. |