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Match details

Premier League 2022-23
Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Villa Park
September 3, 2022
10:00 PM IST

Preview

Manchester City will be looking to keep their unbeaten run of form going when they travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa on Saturday. The Citizens are currently sitting in second place having won four out of their five games so far, with the other match resulting in a draw. They are also coming into this encounter on the back of a massive 6-0 win against Nottingham Forest and will be eager to carry that momentum forward. Aston Villa, on the other hand, have largely struggled. They have four losses and just one win to their name after five matches and have conceded nine times already, while scoring only four goals. This match against Manchester City is going to be another tough test for them.

Team news

Aston Villa
Out: Carlos
Doubtful: Dendoncker

Manchester City
Out: Phillips, Laporte
Doubtful: Grealish, Ake

Probable starting Lineups

Aston Villa
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Luiz, Kamara, Ramsey; Bailey, Watkins, Buendia

Manchester City
Ederson; Cancelo, Dias, Stones, Gomez; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Alvarez

Top picks

Erling Haaland: The forward arrived in the Premier League with a big reputation and he is surely living up to it. Haaland has already netted nine goals in the five games he has played so far and will be eyeing his 10th goal here.

Julian Alvarez: He put on a stunning show against Nottingham Forest as he smashed two goals in Citys 6-0 win. Alvarez is expected to start and score again in this game.

Ollie Watkins: He finishes as the highest scorer for Aston Villa last season with 11 goals and two assists to his name. Watkins already has a goal and two assists to his name this season and he will be eager to deliver in this high profile match.

Other important players (premier league 2021-22 stats)

Ilkay Gundogan | 8 Goals, 4 Assist

Kevin de Bruyne | 15 Goal, 8 Assists

J Ramsey | 6 Goals, 1 Assist

Emiliano Buendia | 4 Goals, 6 Assists

Captaincy options (in order of priority)

Erling Haaland
Kevin de Bruyne

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