Academy aces on the cover and Lewis main interview in Aston Villa programme | OneFootball

Our stars from the Academy grace the cover of the City v Aston Villa programme this evening.

Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Oscar Bobb and James McAtee are shown celebrating with Nico O’Reilly.

It’s perfect timing with our starlet left-back impressing greatly of late.

He bagged his first Premier League goal to conclude the scoring in our 5-2 home win over Crystal Palace before following that with the vital first in the 2-0 away triumph at Everton on our final visit to Goodison Park.

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McAtee scored on his first Premier League start against the Eagles too in another cool bit of synchronicity for the cover shot.

Lewis, meanwhile, is the main player interview in this issue for this evening’s 20:00 (UK) clash with the Villans.

He discusses the season so far, the Champions League chase, his hopes for next season and the impact on him down the years of departing Kevin De Bruyne.

The other scorer at Everton, Mateo Kovacic also features in tonight’s edition as we hear his thoughts via his Official Podcast appearance this past week.

We nostalgically flashback to a game against Villa from yesteryear when Ilkay Gundogan scored one of the most important goals in our history against our visitors tonight. Not hard to work out which one that is!

Our senior photographer Tom Flathers selects one of his favourite photos of the last few weeks - a beauty against Palace!

There’s also a preview of this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup.

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We have the usual favourites like Pep Guardiola’s manager notes, Mike Summerbee’s Buzzer column and a focus on the visitors, Villa.

We also bring you Six Degrees of Separation charting a course between stars of both teams and a tier list feature highlighting five legends from our visitors.

Kevin Cummins selects another one of his favourite 100 photos while there’s also a focus on what’s happening across our other teams - EDS, Under-18s and Women’s.

Make sure you get your hands on the official matchday programme, which costs £4, because it really is the perfect way to get you in the mood for the big game.

As well as being available for purchase at the ground, supporters who may not be able to attend the game can also order it online.