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Norwich City travel to take on Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Canaries will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 16 and win only 3 of the 26 games.
The last time the two teams met at Aston Villa was more than a decade ago, in October 1994, 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: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Norwich City | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sun 14 May | Norwich City | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 15 Oct | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Norwich City | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Mon 04 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Norwich City | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 29 Dec | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 24 Mar | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 28 Nov | Aston Villa | 2 - 3 | Norwich City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These games have seen the Villans score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 4.
The away form of Norwich City is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Canaries have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Aston Villa's 28 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Norwich City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 16 points from their 22 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Canaries have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Norwich City | Not won in previous 13 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |