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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 18 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 31 Jan | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 28 Aug | Aston Villa | 4 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | 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 Villans's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
The away form of Newcastle Utd. is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Magpies have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Aston Villa find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 41 points they have accumulated from 25 games. Newcastle Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 28 points from their 25 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Magpies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |