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Bolton Wdrs. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Trotters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 39 and win only 15 of the 71 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2004, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 27 Jan | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | LC |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 21 Jan | Bolton Wdrs. | 5 - 2 | Aston Villa | LC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 05 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 0 | 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. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Bolton Wdrs. however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The The Trotters's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Aston Villa's 46 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Bolton Wdrs. find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 53 points they have accumulated from 34 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Trotters's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Aston Villa, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 13 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |