The fifth and seventh-place clubs in the Premier League met at Etihad on Tuesday night when facing Aston Villa in Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola's side took a big step towards securing Champions League football over the weekend, beating Everton at Goodison Park.
But the man at Unai Emery is ardently hunting, demolishing Newcastle and moving one point from the championship.
The victory on the road will be a huge statement of intentions for the Midlands, which recently withdrew from the PSG Champions League.
Read the lineup of both teams.
Manchester City lineup
Go to the villa tonight! 😤🩵
xi | Ortega Moreno, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Kovacic, Gundogan, de Bruyne (C), McAtee, Bernardo, Marmoush
Submarine | Carson, Grealish, Doku, Nico, Akanji, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden, Lewis#Mancity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/1rdqwhuy9j
– Manchester City (@Mancity) April 22, 2025
This is Xi tampering from Guardiola.
Stefan Ortega aims to be behind the latter four Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol and Nico O'Reilly.
In midfield, Ilkay Gundogan and Mateo Kovacic paired.
Then there are three of James McAtee, Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva.
Omar Marmoush leads the way.
Aston Villa lineup
Your villa begins XI facing the human city👊 #mciavl pic.twitter.com/twpin0sjcp
— Aston Villa (@avfcomial) April 22, 2025
Emery performed well.
Emiliano Martinez aims to defend Lucas Digne, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa and Matty Cash.
Villa matches Boubacar Kamara and Amadou Onana.
Jacob Ramsey, Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers are the top three.
Marcus Rashford is the lonely forward.
