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West Ham Utd. pack their bags to visit Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hammers 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 previous match played between the two at Villa Park was more than three years back, in November 2002, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 12 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 4 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 05 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 07 Apr | Aston Villa | 2 - 2 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
The Hammers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 25 points from their 21 games played so far, West Ham Utd.'s 26 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
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 run of 5 matches. |
| West Ham Utd. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |