📏 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 Premier League success over Everton.

In that game, Manchester City managed 67% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Nico O'Reilly (84') and Mateo Kovačić (92'). Everton had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Over their last six games, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have celebrated scoring a total of 11 times - an average number of goals scored per match of 1.83.

Going into this one, Manchester City have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa come into this encounter after a 4-1 Premier League win with the downing of Newcastle United in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Aston Villa had 49% possession and 23 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Aston Villa, the goalscorers were Ollie Watkins (1'), Ian Maatsen (64') and Amadou Onana (75'). Newcastle United got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Fabian Schär (18') and Dan Burn (73' Own goal) scored for Newcastle United.

In their last 6 outings, Aston Villa have amassed a total of 15 goals. Aston Villa have also scored on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Pre-game facts show that Aston Villa:

• have left without a victory over Manchester City when they have played them away from home in the previous 14 league games. What a horrible run of results.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/05/2022 tells us that Manchester City have won 3 of these and Aston Villa 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 12 from The Citizens and 8 belonging to The Villans. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 17 on 21/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City.

That day, Aston Villa managed 45% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Jhon Durán (16') and Morgan Rogers (65').

For their opponents, Manchester City got 12 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Phil Foden (93') scored.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

Ederson (Hip problems), Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Erling Haaland (Ankle injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola.

It’s our opinion that The Citizens look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one featuring Stefan Ortega, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Nico Gonzalez, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Omar Marmoush.

📰 Team News: Aston Villa

We’re of the thinking that The Villans will likely elect for a 4-4-1-1 formation, choosing Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Morgan Rogers, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Jacob Ramsey, Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Aston Villa have it in them to score against this Manchester City side, however it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Manchester City when the full-time whistle blows. Definitely a tough call.

Andre Moura, 18:02 22/04/2025