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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 41 and win only 16 of the 76 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2008, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Aston Villa | 4 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 28 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 13 May | Bolton Wdrs. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. The Villans have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.
Bolton Wdrs. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the The Trotters have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 18 points from their 11 games so far. Bolton Wdrs. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Villans. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |