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Match predictionOur tip: 1-2
Aston Villa vs Manchester City Prediction: Can Emery's Pressing Halt Maresca's Perfect Start?
Aston Villa host Manchester City at Villa Park on 24 October 2026 in Premier League Matchweek 8, with kick off at 12:30 UK time. City arrive top of the table with seven wins from seven, while Villa sit 12th after…
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- 2026-10-24 at 12:30 GMT marks a key week 8 encounter between Aston Villa and Manchester City in 2026-2027's Premier League.
- In their last 10 matches, Referee P. Bankes averaged 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 20 fouls.
- Over 2 head-to-head encounters, Unai Emery has 1 win and E. Maresca has 1 win with no draws.
- After 7 matchdays, Aston Villa sit 12th with 8 points and Manchester City are 1st having collected 21 points.
- Both teams have no missing players.
- 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 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw J. McGinn lead Aston Villa with a 8 TheyScored rating, and A. Bouaddi top-rating for Manchester City at 7.2.
- Both sides left it all on the pitch: Aston Villa won 3-1 against Viking, and Manchester City secured a victory 5-1 over AEK Athens.
- Both teams have been in great form: Aston Villa 4-1-0 and Manchester City 4-0-1 over their last 5 matches.
- Manchester City lead this rivalry - 29 wins from 42 matches versus Aston Villa (who've won just 9 games), alongside 4 draws.
- The two most popular scorelines among our users are 1-3 (picked by 12.9%) and 3-2 (picked by 12.9%).
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Manchester City to win 2-1, despite Aston Villa's 0-1-2 home form - Manchester City's strong 3-0-0 record away with 2.75 goals/game does the trick.
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Most Guessed Score
2
1
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Team Kits
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Events
| 6' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 32' | M. Guehi | ||
| 38' | R. Cherki | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
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| 52' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 54' | J. Manzambi | ||
| 55' | M. Cash | ||
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| 60' | 2 - 1 | ||
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| 74' | E. Anderson | ||
| 76' | R. McAidoo | ||
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| 83' | B. Madjo | ||
| 90+5' | E. Buendia | ||
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Aston Villa is going head to head with Manchester City on 24/10/2026 11:30 GMT for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. 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!