FootyMAD's Aston Villa match preview

History of the Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers fixture

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 72 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 23 Apr	Aston Villa	1 - 1	Bolton Wdrs.	PREM
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.	LGEC
2003/2004	Wed 21 Jan	Bolton Wdrs.	5 - 2	Aston Villa	LGEC
2003/2004	Sun 05 Oct	Aston Villa	1 - 1	Bolton Wdrs.	PREM
2002/2003	Wed 01 Jan	Aston Villa	2 - 0	Bolton Wdrs.	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Aston Villa have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Villans's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Bolton Wdrs.'s away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Aston Villa	6	1	2	3	7	12	5
Bolton Wdrs.	6	2	3	1	8	8	9

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the The Trotters has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Aston Villa. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Aston Villa	Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Bolton Wdrs.	Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches.