Aston VillaAttacking momentumManchester City
Preview
- Home side Aston Villa meet Manchester City at Villa Park on 2025-10-26 (kick-off 14:00 GMT), contesting week 9 of the 2025-2026 Premier League.
- In their most recent 10 matchups, Guardiola has 7 victories, while Unai Emery have 2 victories, and 1 draw.
- The current standings see Aston Villa hold 11th place with 12 points, while Manchester City occupy 2nd with 16 points.
- Aston Villa have 3 players sidelined: A. Garcia (Inactive), Y. Tielemans (Calf Injury), L. Digne (Ankle Injury) and Manchester City face 3 absences: A. Khusanov (Ankle Injury), Rodri (Hamstring Injury), Nico (Foot Injury).
- We're predicting Aston Villa to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Manchester City are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
- The previous match saw M. Bizot lead Aston Villa with a 8.3 TheyScored rating, and P. Foden top-rating for Manchester City at 8.3.
- Aston Villa were beaten 1-2 by Go Ahead Eagles, whereas Manchester City secured a win 2-0 against Villarreal.
- Both teams have been in great form: Aston Villa 4-0-1 and Manchester City 4-1-0 over their last 5 matches.
- Manchester City lead this rivalry - 29 wins from 40 matches versus Aston Villa (who've won just 7 games), alongside 4 draws.
- 1-2 leads the pack at 15.2% of all our users' guesses, with 1-3 next on 15.2%.
- Expect Manchester City to edge a 1-2 win: their 2-1-1 record on the road and 2.50 goals per away match tip the balance.
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Odds
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Match Info
Most Guessed Score
1
0
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Team Kits
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Events
| 19' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 29' | |||
| 40' | Savinho | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 54' | T. Reijnders | ||
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| 64' | Nico | ||
| 74' | |||
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| 80' | P. Foden | ||
| 81' | B. Kamara | ||
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Aston Villa is going head to head with Manchester City on 26/10/2025 14:00 GMT at Villa Park for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 0. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Aston Villa v Manchester City H2H statistics!