Manchester City and Aston Villa compete Tuesday evening at the Etihad stadium while the race for qualification in the Champions League reaches the field of fever.
Only three separate points of Nottingham Forest in third – the Nuno Espirito Santo team climbed four -seater after beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Monday evening – and villa in seventh, with Newcastle United, City and Chelsea has sandwich in the middle. Five seats in the European football superior table are to be won this season, rather than the traditional four, thanks to the solid performance of English clubs in European competition.
City has won three victories in the past four times and returns to the lawn at home after a late triumph on Everton. The graduate of the Nico O’Reilly academy was the hero on the side of Pep Guardiola, a ghost in the penalty surface to stab the house and break the resistance of the stoic background of the Toffees.
Villa’s confidence is also raised after a 4-1 destructive victory against Newcastle, just a few days after being eliminated from the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain after taking the Ligue 1 giants over.
Here is 90 minutes Overview of what should be a cracking game.
Man City vs Aston Villa Record head-to-head (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Man |
Aston Villa |
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Everton 0-2 Man City – 04/19/25 |
Aston Villa 4-1 Newcastle – 04/19/25 |
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Man City 5-2 Crystal Palace – 12/04/25 |
Aston Villa 3-2 PSG – 04/15/25 |
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Man UTD 0-0 Man City – 06/04/25 |
Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa – 12/04/25 |
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Man City 2-0 Leicester – 02/04/25 |
PSG 3-1 Aston Villa – 04/09/25 |
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Bournemouth 1-2 Man City – 03/30/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest – 05/04/25 |
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Country |
TV channel / live flow |
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United Kingdom |
Main event of Sky Sports, Sky Sports Premier League, now TV, Sky Go |
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UNITED STATES |
FUBOTV, NBCSPORTS.COM, NBC SPORTS AP, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes in Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
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Canada |
FUBOTV Canada |
The supply by the goal of Erling Haaland of Manchester City was cut for the last five games, but his absence with an ankle injury did not disturb the former League champion who will soon be.
The Norwegian will be missing again, leaving Omar Marmoush to direct the line, while City is also without goalkeeper Ederson, John Stones and Nathan Ake. The game will also come too early for Rodri, who continues to work towards a return and hopes to be before the end of the season.
The rotation could see Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne fall on the bench, although everyone is guess which selection Guardiola will happen for the start. Indeed, the Belgian could be invited to dictate the tempo from the start with Phil Foden crossing a sticky patch.
Man City predicted the alignment against Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Nunes, Khusanov, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez, Kovacic; Savinho, de Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush.
“He is the manager, you must respect his decision, [but] I am not one of those players happy to sit on the bench, “were the words of Ollie Watkins after being restored in the Villa departure training for the 4-1 victory on Newcastle – a game in which he only took 33 seconds to score.
Unai Emery said it was “fantastic” that Watkins channeled his anger in an exceptional display, but he now has the decision difficult or keeping the faith with the 29 -year -old or restoring Marcus Rashford on the side – he was just as impressive during the 3-2 victory in the second stage on PSG.
The latter can get the head of the head, to the chagrin of Watkins, while Marco Asensio can also fall on the bench while Emery chooses to strengthen his midfielder. Amadou Onana, who scored against Newcastle after having come as a second half substitute, is a competitor to start and Pau Torres could return to central defense to the detriment of Tyrone Mings.
Aston Villa predicted the alignment against Man City (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn; Rogers, Rashford.
The games continue to become thick and rapid for both parties, who play in the middle of the week due to their involvement in the next semi-finals of the FA Cup.
City has the upper hand over the villa on their own patch but fought against them during their trips to the midlands. They are not also also solid from the rock this season, as evidenced by their recent confrontation with Crystal Palace in which they slipped 2-0 behind before returning to win 5-2.
Villa will imagine their chances of scoring at least one, but City is traditionally a different animal before the last section of the season. They know how to do it when it really matters, even with Haaland absent and the form of Bruyne, and could come out of Bruyne, and could come out of a thriller in the middle of the week.
