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Bolton face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Trotters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 37 and win only 15 of the 68 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2003, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Bolton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Sep | Bolton | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Bolton | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Bolton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 02 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Bolton | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 3 | Bolton | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 04 Oct | Bolton | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Aston Villa, Bolton are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Trotters have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 0 in reply.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 7 points from their 7 games played so far, Bolton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their 7 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Bolton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Trotters have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Bolton | Not won in previous 6 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |