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Man. Utd. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 82 games played, Red Devils have recorded 29 wins, and Aston Villa have come away with 35 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 13 Jan | Man. Utd. | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 07 Jan | Man. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 3 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 2 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Man. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | Man. Utd. | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Red Devils have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Red Devils's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 2 against.
Aston Villa's 14 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Man. Utd. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 20 points from their 9 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Man. Utd. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Red Devils'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 | 8 games since last home draw. |
| Man. Utd. | 3 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |