FootyMAD's Aston Villa match preview

History of the Aston Villa v Reading fixture

Reading face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Royals.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, the Villans carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007	Sat 10 Feb	Reading	2 - 0	Aston Villa	PREM
2006/2007	Wed 23 Aug	Aston Villa	2 - 1	Reading	PREM
2001/2002	Wed 10 Oct	Aston Villa	1 - 0	Reading	LGEC
1987/1988	Sat 19 Mar	Reading	0 - 2	Aston Villa	CHMP
1987/1988	Sat 31 Oct	Aston Villa	2 - 1	Reading	CHMP
1986/1987	Wed 08 Oct	Aston Villa	4 - 1	Reading	LGEC
1986/1987	Wed 24 Sep	Reading	1 - 1	Aston Villa	LGEC

Recent respective form guides

Aston Villa have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Villans's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

The away form of Reading is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Royals have hit 10 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Aston Villa's 36 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Reading see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 22 points from their 21 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Aston Villa	6	2	3	1	10	10	9
Reading	6	1	3	2	10	13	6

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Royals have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Aston Villa	Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Reading	Not won in previous 9 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games.