The league's bottom side host the leaders on Sunday as Manchester City visit Aston Villa. It will be Remi Garde's first match as manager at Aston Villa as they are still looking for their first home win of the campaign. The visitors are unbeaten in the last four league matches. Last season Manchester City won 2-0 at Villa Park. The Villains have won just one of the last ten meetings against the Citizens, who have won the last three direct meetings.
Aston Villa were beaten 3-1 by Tottenham on Monday and the result left them at the bottom of the table. Their only win was on the season's opening day, since then they haven't felt the taste of success. Their record shows seven defeats in a row in the league and eight in all competitions. Remi Garde was appointed as manager after Tim Sherwood got sacked, in an attempt to turn the club fortunes around. Villa have lost four of their five home matches this season, the worst home record in the league. Gabriel Agbonlahor will have to face a late fitness test before the match after picking up an injury at White Hart Lane.
Manchester City are top of the table after losing just two matches out of the first eleven this season. They did struggle to overcome Norwich City 2-1 last weekend, but the result extended their unbeaten streak in all competitions to eight games. Earlier this week they snatched a Champions League victory at Sevilla, securing a place in the knock-out stage of the competition. David Silva could make his return from injury, but Sergio Aguero is still out of contention along with Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta. Fabian Delph and Gael Clichy have returned to training this week.
Probable line-ups:
Aston Villa: Guzan - Hutton, Clark, Lescott, Richards - Ayew, Bacuna, Westwood, Grealish - Gestede, Agbonlahor
Manchester City: Hart - Sagna, Kompany, Otamendi, Kolarov - Toure, Fernandinho - Navas, Sterling, De Bruyne - Bony
My prediction: Manchester City to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Aston Villa win - 7.50 Draw - 5.00 Man City win - 1.44
Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
This was probably biggest surprise in last round of English Premier League.City was in problems because of injury of Aguero,but that should not be excuse for them,because Aston Villa is weakest team in the league,that should be defeated easily by the Citizens.
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sharpe
8 years ago
It was the most surprising result in this weeks Premier League games I think. With their new French manager ahead Villa succeed to take a point from that one and that was tough to believe before the game. Villa is still last in the league but that result could give the players and the new manager all the confidence they...
It was the most surprising result in this weeks Premier League games I think. With their new French manager ahead Villa succeed to take a point from that one and that was tough to believe before the game. Villa is still last in the league but that result could give the players and the new manager all the confidence they need because it will be even tougher for them from now on.
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Shumar4life
8 years ago
Manchester City didn't win this game, but they remained on the first place, because Arsenal also failed to win on today's match. They hd several chances to win but they failed to score. Still, they are main candidates to win this title, because they have the best team, and they are playing in great form this season
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nik92 8 years ago
Citizens play very well despite some injuries. They don't want to cede the first position to Arsenal and today go for the win that's for sure. The only question is how many goals will be achieved. Objectively, when the first play against the last, there is all known. I do not believe that Aston Villa can prepare a surprise...
Citizens play very well despite some injuries. They don't want to cede the first position to Arsenal and today go for the win that's for sure. The only question is how many goals will be achieved. Objectively, when the first play against the last, there is all known. I do not believe that Aston Villa can prepare a surprise today. Aston Villa may seek their chance against weaker opponents.
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