Aston Villa v Blackpool Match Stats Review

History of the Aston Villa v Blackpool fixture

Blackpool travel to take on Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground.

The Seasiders will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 6 of the 32 games.

The last time the two teams met at Aston Villa was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1974, the Villans carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Second Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1974/1975	Sat 19 Apr	Blackpool	0 - 3	Aston Villa	CHMP
1974/1975	Sat 12 Oct	Aston Villa	1 - 0	Blackpool	CHMP
1973/1974	Tue 16 Apr	Blackpool	2 - 1	Aston Villa	CHMP
1973/1974	Mon 15 Apr	Aston Villa	0 - 1	Blackpool	CHMP
1972/1973	Sat 11 Nov	Aston Villa	0 - 0	Blackpool	CHMP
1972/1973	Tue 17 Oct	Blackpool	1 - 1	Aston Villa	CHMP
1971/1972	Tue 26 Oct	Blackpool	4 - 1	Aston Villa	LGEC

Recent respective form guides

Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These games have seen the Villans score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 3.

Blackpool have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Seasiders have hit 7 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 13 points from their 11 matches. Blackpool see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 14 points from their 11 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Aston Villa	6	1	3	2	4	5	6
Blackpool	6	2	1	3	9	11	7

Sequence statistics:
Aston Villa	Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Blackpool	16 games since last away draw.