In a mid week match in week 1, on Wed Jan 20th, Manchester City hosts Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Manchester City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. John Stones struck first for Manchester City in the 26th minute on a feed from Kevin De Bruyne, then İlkay Gündoğan added another in the 56th minute In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while aston Villa sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Liverpool. Sadio Mané scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 4th minute, then in the 41st minute, Callum Miles Rowe sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Louie Barry. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 1st of March, Aston Villa hosted Manchester City at the Villa Park in their last match together. Manchester City was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of a crowd of just over 82000 fans. Sergio Agüero struck first for Manchester City in the 20th minute on a feed from Phil Foden, then Rodri added another in the 30th minute.
Anwar El Ghazi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Aston Villa. Both Phil Foden and İlkay Gündoğan have been the hottest scorers for Manchester City in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals
Manchester City will be without Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker, Ederson Moraes, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Eric García, Palmer and Scott Carson, while Trezeguet, Wesley and Ross Barkley are unavailable to play for Aston Villa.