Aston Villa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 30 points behind Manchester City.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (67) in Premier League
Manchester City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Chelsea. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Aston Villa form and stats
6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Aston Villa so far this season.
Aston Villa lost their last game at Liverpool (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Villa had a home game versus Fulham which ended with a victory 3-1.
Villa's goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was extremely busy against Liverpool, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The defeat against Liverpool was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by T. Alexander-Arnold).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Villa as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. West Bromwich Albion are visiting.
Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Aston Villa have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (67) in Premier League, collect 36 points from their 15 away matches in the Premier League. 11 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tottenham Hotspur game have they lost an away game, meaning Manchester City has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Manchester City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chelsea (placed 5th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund.
After this away game Manchester City return home for a Carabao Cup game against Tottenham Hotspur. That game is only four sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, City are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Manchester City - Villa 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aston Villa zero wins, one draw and Manchester City nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 13 goals |   İ. Gündoğan 12 goals |  R. Sterling 9 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Aston Villa | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 43 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | 67 |
| 33 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 90% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 78% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 44% |
| 17% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 31% |
| 10% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | 41% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 53% | 53% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 15.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.6 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 29% | 32% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 36% |
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (17) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (67) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+44) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 44 | 74 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 63 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 56 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 55 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 54 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 50 |
| 8 | Everton | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 49 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 45 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 31 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 38 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -19 | 38 |
| 14 | Southampton | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 36 | -17 | 36 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 35 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 17 | Burnley | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 33 |
| 18 | Fulham | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 42 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -18 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -31 | 24 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 31 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 30 | -38 | 14 |
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