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England Championship 38.Round

16.3 15:00

Stadium: Villa Park

Capacity: 42788

Turf: Grass

Distance: 281 km (175 mi.)

Aston Villa FC

Alan Hutton will miss and it can be big blow for team

Alan Hutton - Defense (RB) - Regular player

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Aston Villa appear to have no fresh injuries ahead of Saturday's Sky Bet Championship home clash with Middlesbrough. Boss Dean Smith looks set to have the same group of players to choose from as he did for the 3-1 win at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, Villa's third successive victory.

Henri Lansbury (hamstring) and Axel Tuanzebe (foot) seem closest to returning of those who have been sidelined but unlikely to be ready for this game. Tommy Elphick (foot), James Chester, Alan Hutton and Orjan Nyland (Achilles) are others who have been out.

Aston Villa are looking to complete a league double over Middlesbrough for the first time since the 2002-03 season.

Aston Villa have won all three matches in March - as many as they won in December, January and February combined in all competitions (P16 W3 D8 L5).

Since the start of the 2016-17 season, only Pablo Hernandez (27) has assisted more Championship goals than Aston Villa midfielder Conor Hourihane (26).

Tammy Abraham has only failed to score in three of Villa's 18 home league games - and he netted in the 3-0 win at Middlesbrough on 1 December

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 9 of Aston Villa's last 10 home games (Championship).

Aston Villa have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 matches against Middlesbrough in all competitions.

Aston Villa have scored at least 2 goals in 10 of their last 11 home matches (Championship).

Aston Villa have won their last 3 matches (Championship).

Aston Villa have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 home matches against Middlesbrough in all competitions.

Middlesbrough

That result made it back-to-back home defeats for Boro, who are winless in their last three games. Tony Pulis' men are fifth in the table, four points better off than eighth-placed Villa.

Including play-offs, Middlesbrough have failed to score in five consecutive league matches against Aston Villa (W0 D2 L3) since a 1-1 draw in May 2009.

Middlesbrough striker Ashley Fletcher has scored three goals in his last four Championship appearances - as many as in his previous 55 league games combined.

Middlesbrough have lost their last two Championship matches when scoring first - prior to this, they'd lost just two of their previous 110 Championship games after scoring the first goal.

Middlesbrough have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 away matches against Aston Villa in all competitions.

Middlesbrough are undefeated in their last 8 away matches against Aston Villa in all competitions.

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Middlesbrough's last 3 away games (Championship).

Ayala was sent off on Wednesday, but he will be available against Aston Villa. Middlesbrough have won their appeal against Daniel Ayala's dismissal in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to Preston. As a result, Ayala will not now have to complete a suspension, and will be available for Saturday's game at Aston Villa. Ayala was dismissed in the second half of Wednesday’s Riverside reverse for a foul on Brandon Barker, but Boro boss Tony Pulis claimed immediately after the game that referee Keith Stroud “gambled” on the decision because he was so far away when the incident occurred.