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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 36 and win only 17 of the 70 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 18 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | 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. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 6 conceded.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Magpies have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 30 points from their 25 games played so far, Newcastle Utd. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Villa Park with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Newcastle Utd. | 13 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |