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Wolves travel to take on Aston Villa at Villa Park at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Wolves will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 30 and win only 13 of the 55 games.
The last time the two teams met at Aston Villa was back in January 1996, over five years ago, the Villans carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1995/1996 | Wed 10 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Wolves | LC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 25 Feb | Aston Villa | 4 - 0 | Wolves | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sun 23 Oct | Wolves | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | DIV1 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 29 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Wolves | FAC |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 13 Mar | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Wolves | DIV1 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 24 Oct | Wolves | 0 - 3 | Aston Villa | DIV1 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 28 Feb | Wolves | 0 - 1 | Aston Villa | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Villans score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 3.
The away form of Wolves is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Wolves have hit 4 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 14 points from their 15 games thus far. Wolves find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 15 games have yielded only 11 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Wolves | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Villans, as the Wolves have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Wolves | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |