About Match
Aston Villa go into the game 18th in the table on 1 points; Manchester City sit 1st on 9 — an 8-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Aston Villa 0 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Manchester City 2.33 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.42. Three points here take Aston Villa to 4 and up to 10th, assuming other results stand.
Aston Villa have not won in 6 games. Three consecutive wins precede this game for Manchester City. The last-five ledger: Aston Villa 1/15, Manchester City 12/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 39 games: 9 Aston Villa wins, 25 for Manchester City, 5 draws, at 3.23 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Villa Park in Birmingham stages the fixture, a ground that holds 42,640.