Manchester City FC vs Aston Villa FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs Aston Villa FC — Premier League at Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
- Aston Villa FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Andy Madley
- Assistant 1 Richard West
- Assistant 2 Simon Long
5 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 5.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 West Ham United FC 38 39 2 Burnley FC 38 22 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0 0 5 Coventry City FC 0 0 6 Hull City AFC 0 0 7 Ipswich Town FC 0 0 8 Arsenal FC 0 0 9 Manchester City FC 0 0 10 Manchester United FC 0 0 11 Aston Villa FC 0 0 12 Liverpool FC 0 0 13 AFC Bournemouth 0 0 14 Sunderland AFC 0 0 15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 0 16 Brentford FC 0 0 17 Chelsea FC 0 0 18 Fulham FC 0 0 19 Newcastle United FC 0 0 20 Everton FC 0 0 21 Leeds United FC 0 0 22 Crystal Palace FC 0 0 23 Nottingham Forest FC 0 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Aston Villa FC H 1–2 L 19 May AFC Bournemouth A 1–1 D 16 May Chelsea FC A 1–0 W 13 May Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 09 May Brentford FC H 3–0 W 04 May Everton FC A 3–3 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Manchester City FC A 2–1 W 20 May SC Freiburg A 3–0 W 15 May Liverpool FC H 4–2 W 10 May Burnley FC A 2–2 D 07 May Nottingham Forest FC H 4–0 W 03 May Tottenham Hotspur FC H 1–2 L Season Stats
Manchester City FC Aston Villa FC #9 Position #11 0 Points 0 0 Played 0 0 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0 0 Scored 0 0 Conceded 0 +0 GD +0 – PPG – – Win % – Key Stats
71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyManchester City FC are 9th (0 pts). Aston Villa FC are 11th (0 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Manchester City FC and Aston Villa FC has kicked off!
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Manchester City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' It looks surprising Aston Villa FC does not make any changes. Tyrone Mings has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' The travelling Aston Villa FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 23' Goal! Antoine Semenyo scores his 47 goal in 22 matches.
- 28' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ian Maatsen, as he is very good at scoring at Etihad Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 33' Aston Villa FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 38' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 43' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Bernardo Silva suffering a number of foals already.
- 47' What a strike from Ollie Watkins! The score is 1-1.
- 52' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. John Stones made 436 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 57' Manchester City FC is showing some good football. However, Manchester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 62' Sensational shot from Ollie Watkins. Aston Villa FC is back in the lead.
- 67' Aston Villa FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ollie Watkins scoring 2 goals.
- 72' It’s high time Unai Emery made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 77' Ross Barkley needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 14 Yellow cards this season.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Rico Lewis. He receives a card.
- 87' Manchester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 87.
- 90' What an equalizer from Phil Foden!
- Full Time. Aston Villa FC beats Manchester City FC
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Lineups
Manchester City FC Lineups
4-2-2-2Starting XI
- 42
- 4
- 6
- 20
- 5
- 47
- 3
- 26
- 1
- 14
- 82
Bench
- 8
- 13
- 21
- 27
- 11
- 24
- 10
- 7
- 68
Coach Pep GuardiolaAston Villa FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 40
- 5
- 6
- 3
- 10
- 11
- 31
- 21
- 22
- 26
- 16
Bench
- 12
- 2
- 7
- 8
- 14
- 24
- 64
- 83
- 53
Coach Unai Emery -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Phil Foden 5 Rodri 5 Ilkay Gundogan 5 Ollie Watkins 4 Sergio Aguero 3 Riyad Mahrez 3 Bernardo Silva 3 Leon Bailey 2 Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
Aston Villa FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 40.8 Manchester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.8 Aston Villa FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 78% + Aston Villa FC or Draw 68%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Aston Villa FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 1.6Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 77% 23% ± 1.5 48% 52% ± 2.5 22% 78% ± 3.5 9% 91% ± 4.5 3% 97% Double Chance
Manchester City FC or Draw 68%Draw or Aston Villa FC 68%Manchester City FC or Aston Villa FC 64%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Manchester City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 22.8%0 – 1 14.6%1 – 0 14.5%1 – 1 13.9%0 – 2 6%2 – 0 6%1 – 2 Actual2 – 1 5.1%2 – 2 2.2%0 – 3 1.6%3 – 0 1.6%1 – 3 1.4%Asian Handicap — Manchester City FC
Handicap Manchester City FC covers Push Aston Villa FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 8% 90% -1.5 10% — 90% -1 10% 20% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 20% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 8% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 45% ✓Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet 45% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.