Betting preview: Aston Villa faced with a tough challenge when Manchester City visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Yet another appealing fixture in the Premier League. Aston Villa is in the 19th spot from participating in five matches. They receive Manchester City who are placed 2nd from five matches.

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aston Villa and Manchester City.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Aston Villa so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The followers are hoping that Aston Villa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Arsenal (placed 1st). Aston Villa's goalkeeper Martínez was extremely busy against Arsenal, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Defender Mings got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Mings won 1 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that match, Villa lost 0-1 at home to West Ham United.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Aston Villa have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 4 from 4 games. 1 defeat by at least two goals.

At Villa Park, Aston Villa has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Manchester City form and stats

Manchester City are still undefeated on their travels in the Premier League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Manchester City won their last game, 6-0 versus Nottingham Forest played at home. As you can tell from the results above, City was very dominant against Nottingham Forest, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Álvarez (2), Haaland and Cancelo providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Haaland's lethal finishing against Nottingham Forest. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Haaland got a player rating of 9.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Haaland scored three goals.

Before that, Manchester City secured a home win against Crystal Palace with the score 4-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manchester City manager Guardiola as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sevilla.

5 goals so far away for Manchester City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The 9 most recent fixtures featuring these two teams have all ended as Manchester City wins. Are we destined for another one?

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Haaland
E. Haaland
9 goals
Manchester Cityİ. Gündoğan
İ. Gündoğan
2 goals
Manchester CityB. Silva
B. Silva
2 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Manchester City missing players

Aston Villa Manchester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 2 5 19
9 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 60%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.6 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 7.2
5.8 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3 1.8
2.6 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 17.5 17.6
3.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 6 6.8
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 42% 56%
 
13.6 11.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9 6.4
5.4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.5 2.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Manchester City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Aston Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manchester City have not yet lost a game.
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Aston Villa.
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Aston Villa Last season Manchester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 6   Won W   14 29
6 5   Drew D   4 6
19 8   Lost L   1 3
52 29   Scored S   41 99
54 29   Conceded C   11 26
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
79% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 76%
58% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 61%
29% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 47%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 29%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   42% 39%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 55%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
5.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   7.7 8.3
5.8 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 2.8
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.1
2 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.2 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   18.6 18.8
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.3 6.8
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 38%
 
12.6 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   7.2 6.4
4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 2.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 5 5 0 0 13 4 3 3 0 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 9 15
2 Manchester City 5 4 1 0 19 5 3 3 0 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 14 13
3 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 2 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 5 3 6 11
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 10
5 Liverpool 5 2 2 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 12 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 9 8
6 Leeds United 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 8
7 Fulham 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 8
8 Southampton 5 2 1 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 7
9 Chelsea 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 7
10 Brentford 5 1 3 1 10 7 2 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 5 6 3 6
11 Newcastle United 5 1 3 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 6
12 Manchester United 4 2 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 -3 6
13 Crystal Palace 5 1 2 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 5
14 West Ham United 5 1 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 -4 4
15 Nottingham Forest 5 1 1 3 2 11 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 9 -9 4
16 AFC Bournemouth 5 1 1 3 2 16 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 13 -14 4
17 Everton 5 0 3 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 -2 3
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 0 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 3
19 Aston Villa 5 1 0 4 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 3
20 Leicester City 4 0 1 3 6 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 -4 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.