Manchester City and Aston Villa go on Tuesday evening in the Etihad Stadium in the Etihad Stadium, when the race for the Champions League qualification reaches feverplatz.
Only three points separated Nottingham Forest in the third-nuno Espirito Santo’s team rose for four places on Monday evening after he had hit Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and the villa on the seventh, with Newcastle United, City and Chelsea in the middle. Five seats at the top table of the European Football can be won this season and thanks to the strong achievements of English clubs in the European competition.
City has achieved three victories in the last four wins and, after a late triumph over Everton, has returned to the lawn at home. The graduate of the academy, Nico O’reilly, was the hero of Pep Guardiola’s side, who went into the penalty area to stab home and break the resistance of the stoic backline of the Toffees.
Villa’s trust is high after a destructive 4: 1 victory against Newcastle, just a few days after they were narrowly brought to the wire by Paris Saint-Germain from the Champions League.
Here is 90 minutes Preview of what a crunchy game should be.
Man City against Aston Villa head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Mannstadt | Aston Villa |
|---|---|
Everton 0-2 Man City – 19/04/25 | Aston Villa 4-1 Newcastle – 19/04/25 |
Man City 5-2 Crystal Palace – 12/04/25 | Aston Villa 3-2 PSG – 15/04/25 |
Man UTD 0-0 Man City – 06/04/25 | Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa – 04.12.25 |
Man City 2-0 Leicester – 02/04/25 | PSG 3-1 Aston Villa – 09/04/25 |
Bournemouth 1-2 Man City – 30/03/25 | Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest – 05/04/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, now TV, Sky Go |
United States | Fubotv, NBCSPorts.com, NBC Sports App, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
Canada | Fubotv Canada |
Erling Haaland in Manchester City was cut off in the last five games, but his absence with an ankle injury has not bothered the former former master of the Premier League.
The Norwegian is again missing and Omar Marmoush to lead the line, while City is also without goalkeeper Ederson, John Stones and Nathan Ake. The game will also come too early for Rodri, who continues to work on a comeback and hopes before the end of the season.
In the rotation, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne were able to fall on the bench, although it always suspects which selection guardiola for kick-off will plump. In fact, the Belgian could be asked to dictate the pace from the start when Phil Foden goes through a sticky patch.
Man City has predicted the line-up against Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Nunes, Khusanov, Gvardiol, O’reilly; Gonzalez, Kovacic; Savinho, de Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush.
“He is the manager, you have to respect his decision. [but] I am not one of those players who are happy to sit on the bench.
Unai Emery said that it was “fantastic” that Watkins initiated his trouble into an extraordinary display, but he now has the difficult decision or whether he has faith or not with the 29-year-old, or to restore Marcus Rashford-he was just as impressive in the 3-2 victory against PSG.
The latter can get the nod, very much to Watkins’ dismay, while Marco Asensio can also fall on the bench when Emery decides to strengthen his midfield. Amadou Onana, who met against Newcastle after he had joined the second half as a replacement, is a candidate and Pau Torres could return in the central defense at the expense of Tyrone-Mings.
The Aston Villa predicted Lineup against Man City (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn; Rogers, Rashford.
The games continue to be thick and quick for both sides, which play because of their participation in the upcoming FA Cup semi-final a week.
City has the upper hand over the villa on her own patch, but fought her against her on her travels to Midlands. This season they are not so rocky solid, which is bordered by their latest collision with Crystal Palace, in which she fell back 2-0 before she broke back and won 5-2.
The villa will imagine at least one chance of achieving one chance, but the city is traditionally another animal that goes into the last season. They know how to do it when it is really important, even if Haaland absent and de bruynes form hit and miss, and a thriller could come out during the week.