Sunderland have scored exactly one goal in six of the last seven games against Villa, failing to score in the other.
Villa have only kept two clean sheets in their last 14 league games at home.
Villa have only kept three clean sheets in their last 29 Premier League games.
Martin O’Neill’s side have only lost two of their last 12 league games at Villa Park, but one of those was to the Black Cats.
Aston Villa are the only team to have started the same 11 players in each match so far.
A draw or better for Sunderland would make it their best-ever start to a Premier League campaign.
Michael Chopra has scored in four of Sunderland’s last five wins including the winner at Villa Park in a 1-0 win in March.
John Carew has scored seven times in Villa’s last 10 league games.
Gabriel Agbonlahor has scored eight times in Villa’s last 11 Premier League matches.
Sunderland have won five out of 25 Premier League away trips to clubs in the Midlands.
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