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Arsenal face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Gunners will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 40 and win only 19 of the 79 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Wed 27 Aug | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 17 Mar | Aston Villa | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Arsenal | 3 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 18 Mar | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Villans, with 6 goals against.
Arsenal's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Gunners, and 2 goals against.
Aston Villa's 27 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 49 points from their 21 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Gunners'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 | 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Arsenal | Undefeated in last 10 away games. 20 games since last defeat. |