Manchester City vs Aston Villa Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 22)

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Manchester City

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Manchester City are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-2 Premier League success versus Everton.

In that match, Manchester City had 67% possession and 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Nico O'Reilly (84') and Mateo Kovačić (90'). On the other side, Everton had 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them 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 will come into the match after a 4-1 Premier League win against Newcastle United in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 49% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Aston Villa, goals were scored by Ollie Watkins (1'), Ian Maatsen (64') and Amadou Onana (75'). For their opponents, Newcastle United got 10 attempts on 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 review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 22/05/2022 shows us that Manchester City have won 3 of them & Aston Villa 2, with the number of draws being 1.

A total of 20 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 of them for The Citizens and 8 coming from The Villans. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

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

On that day, Aston Villa managed 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Jhon Durán (16') and Morgan Rogers (65').

For their opponents, Manchester City had 12 shots on goal with 6 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) won’t be able to feature for Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola.

🔮 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Checking out the betting prices for the game on the win-draw-win market, staking on Manchester City is best priced at 1.83, a bet on a drawn result is 4.1 and putting your money on the winner to be Aston Villa gets you 3.8. Those are the best of the returns that can be secured at the moment.

Andre Moura, 01:00 21/04/2025