Aston Villa vs Manchester CityPreview, Lineups & H2H

Premier League (England)

2026/2027

Aston Villa

11:30 UTC

Oct 24, 2026

Villa Park

Manchester City

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Latest team lineup

Aston Villa4-2-3-1

1Zion Suzuki

2Matty Cash

3Victor Lindelöf

5Tyrone Mings

22Ian Maatsen

8Boubacar Kamara

35João Gomes

47Alysson

10Emiliano Buendía

19Ibrahim Mbaye

11Nicolas Jackson

Manchester City4-2-3-1

1Gianluigi Donnarumma

33Nico O'Reilly

6Marc Guéhi

3Rúben Dias

45Abdukodir Khusanov

32Ayyoub Bouaddi

17Enzo Fernández

42Antoine Semenyo

47Phil Foden

7Iliman Ndiaye

9Erling Haaland

Aston Villa4-2-3-1

1Zion Suzuki

2Matty Cash

3Victor Lindelöf

5Tyrone Mings

22Ian Maatsen

8Boubacar Kamara

35João Gomes

47Alysson

10Emiliano Buendía

19Ibrahim Mbaye

11Nicolas Jackson

Aston Villa vs Manchester City — computed insights

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Aston Villa	15	W2	6	0	8	0	13/15	15-5
Manchester City	15	W1	1	0	10	2	12/15	18-9

Aston Villa — last 5 games

W3-2 @ Tottenham Hotspur2026-09-19
W3-1 @ Sevilla2026-10-02
D2-2 vs Brentford2026-10-10
W6-0 vs Fenerbahçe2026-10-14
W1-0 @ Newcastle United2026-10-17

Manchester City — last 5 games

W5-0 vs Norwich City2026-09-17
W5-3 vs Sunderland2026-09-20
W3-0 @ Liverpool2026-10-11
L2-4 vs Paris Saint Germain2026-10-14
W3-2 vs Ipswich Town2026-10-17

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 39
Period covered: 2000-12-15 – 2026-05-24
Aston Villa wins: 9
Draws: 5
Manchester City wins: 25
Avg goals per meeting: 3.23
Over 2.5 goals: 67%
Both teams scored: 56%
Home side won: 59%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 0D 2L (Aston Villa view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3 vs 3.23

Most recent meetings (5 of 39)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-05-24	Manchester City	1-2	Aston Villa
2025-10-26	Aston Villa	1-0	Manchester City
2025-04-22	Manchester City	2-1	Aston Villa
2024-12-21	Aston Villa	2-1	Manchester City
2024-04-03	Manchester City	4-1	Aston Villa

Standings context before kickoff

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Aston Villa	12	7	8	-4	DLWDW	5	+7
Manchester City	1	7	21	12	WWWWW	1	0

What is at stake

Points gap: 13 ptsAston Villa 8 · Manchester City 21
Positions: #12 vs #1
Goals per game: 1/1.57 vs 2.71/1scored/conceded per game · league average 1.44
If Aston Villa win: 11 pts · up to #6other results unchanged
If Manchester City win: 24 pts · stays #1other results unchanged

How we calculate this