Aston Villa vs Manchester City Preview

Manchester City arrive at Villa Park on Saturday lunchtime with seven wins from seven in the Premier League, but Aston Villa have beaten them in each of the last two league meetings. Villa sit 12th on eight points, yet they are unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions and beat Viking 3-1 at home in the Champions League on Wednesday. City top the table on 21 points with a goal difference of +12, and they followed a 4-2 home defeat to PSG on 14 October with a 5-1 win over AEK Athens on Tuesday. Villa won 1-0 away at Newcastle last Saturday, while City beat Ipswich 3-2 at home on the same day. Both sides played in Europe in midweek, City on Tuesday and Villa on Wednesday. Kick-off in Birmingham is at 12:30pm UK time.

Aston Villa are unbeaten in five, with four wins and a draw, scoring 15 goals and conceding four. Wednesday’s 3-1 home win over Viking in the Champions League is the latest of those. Before that, Newcastle were beaten 1-0 away in the Premier League on 17 October, and Fenerbahçe were beaten 6-0 at Villa Park on 14 October, a thumping by any scoreline. Further back, Brentford held Villa to a 2-2 draw at home on 10 October, and Sevilla were beaten 3-1 away in a friendly on 2 October. Villa kept clean sheets in two of the five and scored at least twice in all but one, the win at Newcastle. Their three home games in the sample brought two wins and a draw, with 11 goals scored and three conceded.

Manchester City have won four of their last five, scoring 18 goals and conceding 10. Tuesday’s 5-1 home win over AEK Athens in the Champions League is the latest and the biggest margin of the five. Before that, Ipswich were beaten 3-2 at home on 17 October, and PSG won 4-2 at the Etihad on 14 October, the one defeat of the run. Further back, Liverpool were beaten 3-0 away on 11 October, and Sunderland 5-3 at home on 20 September. City scored at least twice in every game and kept one clean sheet, at Liverpool. They conceded in the other four, and the 10 goals shipped in the run are the cost of that attacking record.

Aston Villa lead the five Premier League meetings listed, with three wins to City’s two and no draws, and City hold a narrow goals edge at 8-7. The most recent was Villa’s 2-1 win away at City on 24 May 2026, and before that Villa won 1-0 at Villa Park on 26 October 2025. Villa also won 2-1 at Villa Park on 21 December 2024, so City have not won at the ground in this record. City’s two wins both came at the Etihad, 2-1 on 22 April 2025 and 4-1 on 3 April 2024.

Manchester City are first in the Premier League on 21 points with a goal difference of +12, and Aston Villa are 12th on eight points with -4. A win would take Villa to 11 points, though their position would depend on results elsewhere this weekend.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with HBO Max streaming. Viewers in the USA can watch on USA Network, with fuboTV and UNIVERSO NOW streaming, while in Canada it’s on DAZN Canada and fuboTV Canada. In Ireland, TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max carry the game.

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