English Premier League - Manchester City VS Aston Villa Prediction
English Premier League - Manchester City VS Aston Villa
Match Time: 04-04-2024 03:15 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Manchester City - WWWDWD
Manchester City will play in this match after a 0-0 Premier League draw vs Arsenal. In that match, Manchester City managed 72% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Arsenal got 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
Fixtures featuring Manchester City have proved to be entertaining encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 20 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 15 of them accredited to Manchester City.
Ahead of this clash, Manchester City have not been beaten in their last 26 league matches at home. What a fortress.
Aston Villa - WDLWDW
Aston Villa will go into the game following on from a 2-0 Premier League win versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous match. In that game, Aston Villa managed 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Aston Villa, goals were scored by Moussa Diaby (36') and Ezri Konsa (65'). Wolverhampton W. got 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
Unai Emery's Aston Villa have fired home a total of 10 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 7.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ortega; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Doku, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland
Aston Villa possible starting lineup:
Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Bailey, Luiz, Tielemans, Rogers; Diaby, Duran
Manchester City vs Aston Villa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Manchester City have a good historical record against Aston Villa and have won 80 out of the 180 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Aston Villa's 58 victories.
*Manchester City have won 17 of their last 18 matches at home against Aston Villa in the Premier League, with their only such defeat during this period coming by a 2-0 defeat in 2007.
*Aston Villa won the reverse fixture at home by a 1-0 margin in December last year and could complete a Premier League double over Manchester City for the first time since the 1962-63 season.
*Aston Villa have won only one of their last 30 matches away from home against the reigning champions of the top flight, with their previous such victory coming against Manchester United in 2009.
*Manchester City have won 27 of their last 29 matches played on a Wednesday in the Premier League.
Prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa
With Emery's former employers Arsenal frustrating Man City to excellent effect with their defensive stance, it will be interesting to see whether the Villa boss opts for such a conservative setup or persists with his risky high line, which Guardiola's men can certainly exploit. The Lions have proven highly resilient on the road either way, but with Watkins emerging as a serious doubt and their hosts able to switch up their attacking resources, we can only envisage Man City making it 14 home wins on the bounce against the visitors to get their title defence back on track.
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