Early Team News
Ashley Young is expected to sit out the fixture as he contemplates a £9.65 transfer to the
Elsewhere, Dan Shittu is struggling with an ankle problem, and James Chambers is definitely ruled out as he has not yet recovered from a gash picked up at Newcastle United before Christmas.
Stilivan Petrov is out for the hosts with a hamstring problem.
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The last time the two teams met at Aston Villa was back in February 2000, over five years ago, as the hosts swept to an impressive four goal success in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | 0-0 | Aston Villa | PREM | |
1999/2000 | Sat 05 Feb | Aston Villa | 4-0 | PREM | |
1999/2000 | Tue 24 Aug | 0-1 | Aston Villa | PREM | |
1986/1987 | Wed 25 Mar | Aston Villa | 1-1 | PREM | |
1986/1987 | Sat 18 Oct | 4-2 | Aston Villa | PREM | |
1985/1986 | Sat 12 Apr | Aston Villa | 4-1 | PREM | |
1985/1986 | Sat 09 Nov | 1-1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Villans have scored four, a worryingly high number of 8 goals have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of
Aston Villa, without a win since defeating Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday 11 November 2006, find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 26 points from their 23 matches, while Watford find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the Barclays Premiership, having collected just 12 points from their 21 games played to date.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad'sPrediction…
Whilst most pundits will be predicting a returning to winning ways for Martin O'Neill's men, here at the Golden Boys we feel Boothroyd's battlers may just spring a surprise and predict a single goal victory for the visitors.
Away Win.
Sequence statistics: | |
Aston Villa | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. |
Not won in previous 11 away matches. |