Aston Villa vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st December 2024

Aston Villa enjoy home advantage, when visitors Manchester City swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Aston Villa are number 6 in the table on 25 points after 16 matches. Manchester City rank as number 5 with 27 points after 16 matches played.

Aston Villa are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Manchester City. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Saturday.

The Villans go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 16. That amounts to an average of 1.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Manchester City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 17 goals, and while Manchester City claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.7 goals per match.

Aston Villa lost to 4-1 Manchester City in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 1-0 win, which Aston Villa dished out the match before that.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Prediction

Aston Villa Form

In their last three matches, Aston Villa beat Southampton by 1-0 and RB Leipzig by 2-3, before losing against Nottingham Forest by 2-1. Aston Villa claimed three wins in their last six matches at home in the Premier League, while also drawing three but lost none. They scored ten and conceded five goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City recorded a single draw in their previous three games, and they claimed it in a 2-2 match against Crystal Palace. Then Juventus proved too strong in a 2-0 defeat, just like Manchester United who won 1-2. Manchester City claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by ten goals to seven.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Aston Villa face Manchester City, and we see no reason for this to end this coming Saturday. The value bet lies with goals.

Aston Villa earned zero points from their last four matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed zero wins, following one goals scored while also conceding nine. From their last four games against teams in the top six, Manchester City secured seven points and two wins. They conceded four goals while scoring seven themselves. Aston Villa are looking at a record of seven wins, four draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City enjoy a record of eight wins, three draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Manchester City from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/16), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/1), Diego Carlos (0/9), Ezri Konsa (1/14), Ian Maatsen (0/13), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lamare Bogarde (0/3), Lucas Digne (0/16), Matty Cash (1/10), Pau Torres (0/15), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/1), Amadou Onana (2/11), Boubacar Kamara (0/7), Emiliano Buendia (0/7), Jacob Ramsey (0/10), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/11), John McGinn (0/14), Leon Bailey (0/14), Ross Barkley (2/13), Youri Tielemans (0/16), Jhon Duran (6/16), Morgan Rogers (4/16), Ollie Watkins (7/16).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 53 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ederson (0/13), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/3), Jacob Wright (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/1), John Stones (2/7), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (4/15), Kyle Walker (0/12), Manuel Akanji (0/12), Nathan Ake (0/5), Rico Lewis (1/14), Ruben Dias (0/13), Bernardo Silva (1/16), Ilkay Gundogan (0/15), Jack Grealish (0/12), James McAtee (0/0), Jeremy Doku (2/12), Kevin De Bruyne (2/10), Mateo Kovacic (3/12), Matheus Nunes (0/12), Nico O'Reilly (0/0), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (0/11), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (0/13), Erling Haaland (13/16).

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Team News

Aston Villa seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Saturday.

Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings are missing from the squad, Aston Villa will field against Manchester Citythis coming Saturday.

Manchester City just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Aston Villa at the Villa Park.

Oscar Bobb won't be travelling with Manchester City this time, as he nurses an injury.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Lineups

Aston Villa vs Manchester City H2H

Aston Villa took a hit when Manchester City handed them a 4-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 1-0 win. The Citizens will be excited about a meeting with Aston Villa, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Manchester City go into the match with a 8-1-1 advantage. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 21/20.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Results

The past ten matches between Aston Villa and Manchester City have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/7 with the bookies.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Erling Haaland scored just two goals in his last six games, but did manage 13 goals during the season so far. He will be eager to add to his total, when Manchester City take aim at Aston Villa. This could be a good opportunity for him to improve his tally, and siding with him in the betting market look a decent prospect.

Aston Villa claimed five wins, drew four and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Manchester City won two, drew two and lost six of their last 10 games away. Aston Villa will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday, with Manchester City managing a clean sheet once in the previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between Aston Villa and Manchester City, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Aston Villa scored 0.9 goals on average, while Manchester City pulled 2.6 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Manchester City played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals themselves during this run.