PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Premier League 24/05)

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·22 Mei 2026

PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Premier League 24/05)

Manchester City and Aston Villa face off this Sunday at the Etihad Stadium in Premier League. The match will be broadcast live at 16:00 on Sky Sports +.

Manchester City have 78 points to their name this season and occupy 2nd position in the table. In their last game, Pep Guardiola's team drew 1-1 with Bournemouth (Premier League 2025/26).

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Aston Villa have won 62 points to date and are placed in 4th position. Last time out, Unai Emery's team triumphed 0-3 against SC Freiburg (UEFA Europa League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Aston Villa winning 1-0.

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Manchester City ( vs Bournemouth 2026-05-19): Gigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Marc Guéhi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico OReilly, Rodri , Antoine Semenyo, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Aston Villa ( vs SC Freiburg 2026-05-20): Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Victor Lindelöf, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins

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MANAGERS

Pep Guardiola has faced Unai Emery on 18 occasions, recording 11 wins, four draws and three defeats
Unai Emery has faced Manchester City on ten occasions, recording three wins and seven defeats
Pep Guardiola has faced Aston Villa on 14 occasions, recording ten wins, one draw and three defeats

TEAMS

Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive matches unbeaten.
Aston Villa currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
Aston Villa are coming off five consecutive matches scoring goals.
Aston Villa are coming off four consecutive matches unbeaten.
Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive wins.
At home, Manchester City currently have one defeat in their last 20 matches.
At home, Manchester City currently have one draw in their last 14 matches.
At home, Manchester City are coming off 20 consecutive matches scoring goals.
At home, Manchester City are coming off five consecutive matches unbeaten.
At home, Manchester City are coming off five consecutive wins.
Manchester City currently have one defeat in their last 13 matches.
Manchester City are coming off 13 consecutive matches scoring goals.
Manchester City are coming off 11 consecutive matches unbeaten.

HEAD TO HEAD

Manchester City and Aston Villa have already faced each other 184 times, with Manchester City holding the advantage: 82 wins, against 60 Aston Villa victories.
At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City have the advantage in their head-to-heads against Aston Villa: 57 wins in 90 matches. Aston Villa have 17 victories.
In the English league, the two teams have played 165 matches, with 72 Manchester City wins, 39 draws and 54 Aston Villa victories.