Manchester City and Aston Villa advanced side by side at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night, fighting for Champions League qualifying matches reached a craze.
In third place, Nottingham Forest had only three points – Nuno Espirito Santo was surrounded by four positions after a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night – in seventh place, Newcastle United, Newcastle United, Newcastle United, Newcastle United, City and Chelsea were sandwiched in the middle. As British clubs excel in European competitions, five seats in European football’s top spots will be snatched this season instead of the traditional four.
Manchester City has won three of their last four games and returned to home after Everton's victory. Academy graduate Nico O'Reilly is a hero next to Pep Guardiola, piercing the penalty zone, stabbing the home, breaking the resistance of the Toffees stoic defender.
Villa was also confident after a destructive 4-1 victory over Newcastle, just days after they were eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain.
This is 90 minutes Preview what should be a cracking game.
Man City vs Aston Villa's positive record (last five games)
Current Form (All Competitions)
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Everton 0-2 people city – 19/04/25 |
Aston Villa 4-1 Newcastle-19/04/25 |
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Manchester City 5-2 Crystal Palace – 12/04/25 |
Aston Villa 3-2 PSG -15/04/25 |
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People UTD 0-0 people city-06/04/25 |
Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa – 12/04/25 |
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Manchester City 2-0 Leicester-02/04/25 |
PSG 3-1 Aston Villa-09/04/25 |
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Bournemouth 1-2 people – 30/03/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest-05/04/25 |
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nation |
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U.K. |
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, now TV, Sky GO |
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USA |
Fubotv, NBCSPorts.com, NBC Sports App, Universo Now, Telemundo devortes en vivo, USA Network, Universo |
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Canada |
Canada Fubotv |
Manchester City's Erling Haaland's goal supply has been cut off in the last five games, but his absence from an ankle injury has not disrupted his impending former Premier League champion.
The Norwegian will be missing again, leaving Omar Marmoush to lead the line, and City also has no goalkeepers Ederson, John Stones and Nathan Ake. It's too early for Rodri, who will continue to work hard to make a comeback and hopes to make a debut before the end of the season.
Rotations can see Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne fall to the bench, although there are always speculations about what Guardiola would choose. Indeed, Belgians can be asked to decide from the very beginning that Phil Foden goes through the rhythm of sticky patches.
Manchester City predicted lineup with Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): ortega; Nunes, Khusanov, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Gonzalez (Kovacic); Savinho, de Bruyne, Doku; Mamosey.
“He is the manager and you have to respect his decisions, [but] I'm not one of these players and I'm happy to be on the bench.
Unai Emery said Watkins directed his anger to a great performance was “great”, but he now has a tough decision, or whether confidence in the 29-year-old or restoring Marcus Rashford has been on the side – he was just as impressive in his 3-2 win over PSG.
The latter may get a nod, annoyed to Watkins, and Marco Asensio may also drop to the bench as Emery chooses to strengthen his midfield. Amadou Onana scored a goal against Newcastle after a second half substitute, a contender who could return to the central defense at the cost of Tyrone Mings.
Aston Villa predicts the lineup and the Man City (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamala, Onana, Tillmans, McKinn; Rogers, Rashford.
The matches of both sides continue to get faster and faster, as they play on Wednesday due to the upcoming FA Cup semi-finals.
City has the upper hand on the villa but struggles with traveling to the central region. They aren't that rock this season, either, which proves their recent clash with Crystal Palace, which they trailed 2-0 before Roaring back to a 5-2 victory.
Villas will love that they have at least one chance to score, but traditionally, Manchester City is the animal in the final stage of the season. They know how to do it when it really matters, even if Haaland is absent, De Bruyne's form and miss it, and may stand out in the mid-week thriller.
