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Fulham face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cottagers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 14 and win only 5 of the 24 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2004, 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: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Fulham | 3 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 02 Feb | Fulham | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 11 Feb | Fulham | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Aston Villa | 3 - 0 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Fulham | 2 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Fulham | 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 goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Fulham is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While the Cottagers have hit 6 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 30 matches. Fulham find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 35 points from their 31 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Fulham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Fulham 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 | Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Fulham | Lost each of the previous 8 away matches. Not won in previous 16 away matches. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |