Aston Villa vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th October 2025

Manchester City go up against Aston Villa this coming Sunday for a Premier League meeting at Villa Park.

Placed 11th in the table Aston Villa have amassed 12 points after eight matches. On 16 points, The Citizens rank twoth with eight matches played this season.

Both Aston Villa and Manchester City have achieved a few good results recently. Both sides will hope to have three more points on their account after this game, but the visitors might be too tough an opponent for Aston Villa this time.

The Villans only average a modest one goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored ten goals. They also conceded ten for an average of one per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Manchester City scored 22 goals, conceded seven and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches.

Aston Villa took a hit when Manchester City handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-1 win.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Burnley by 2-1, before beating Tottenham by 1-2. The winning streak came to an end against Go Ahead Eagles, who ran out 2-1 winners. Aston Villa won four of their last six Premier League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded five and scored eight goals.

They had their sights set on gold, but The Villans could soon be forced to readjust the target to qualifying for Europe.

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City first beat Brentford 0-1, then Everton by 2-0 and finally Villarreal by 0-2. Manchester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored nine while also conceding three times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Spoken of as title contenders, Manchester City are currently doing a good job of living up to the hype in the Premier League this season.

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 Sunday. The value bet lies with goals.

Aston Villa fought their way to one wins and three points from their last one games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in one goals. Aston Villa claimed three wins, three draws as well as two defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City are looking at five wins, one draw and two 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 (0/6), Marco Bizot (0/2), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/7), Ian Maatsen (0/5), Lamare Bogarde (0/6), Lino Sousa (0/0), Lucas Digne (0/8), Matty Cash (1/8), Pau Torres (0/5), Tyrone Mings (0/6), Victor Lindelof (0/3), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (0/4), Boubacar Kamara (0/6), Emiliano Buendia (2/7), Harvey Elliott (0/4), Jamaldeen Jimoh (0/0), John McGinn (1/8), Ross Barkley (0/2), Youri Tielemans (0/4), Andres Garcia (0/0), Donyell Malen (2/8), Evann Guessand (0/7), Jadon Sancho (0/1), Morgan Rogers (1/8), Ollie Watkins (1/8).

Manchester City Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Manchester City players that the manager Pep Guardiola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/5), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/4), John Stones (0/4), Josko Gvardiol (0/4), Nathan Ake (0/5), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/3), Rico Lewis (0/5), Ruben Dias (0/8), Bernardo Silva (0/8), Jeremy Doku (0/8), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/6), Nico Gonzalez (0/7), Nico O'Reilly (0/7), Oscar Bobb (0/7), Phil Foden (1/6), Rayan Cherki (1/3), Rodri (0/5), Savinho (0/5), Tijjani Reijnders (1/8), Erling Haaland (11/8), Omar Marmoush (0/3).

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Team News

At the time of writing, Manchester City just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Lineups

Aston Villa vs Manchester City H2H

Aston Villa were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Manchester City, but did win the reverse match 2-1, though. The Sky Blues go into the match against Aston Villa with a 7-1-2 advantage. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 5/6.

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 Sunday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Erling Haaland so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target nine times in his last six games, and no doubt Manchester City want him to continue this productive spell against Aston Villaon Sunday.

In their last 10 matches at Villa Park across all tournaments Aston Villa won seven times, drew one and lost two times. Manchester City claimed seven wins, two draw and one defeats in their last 10 games away. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Villa Park this coming Sunday? Aston Villa scored the opening goal six times in 10 home games, while Manchester City did it in ten of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Manchester City averaging two goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Aston Villa, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Manchester City played across all tournaments. They scored 2.1 times on average in the process.