England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Aston Villa and Manchester City, taking place on Saturday, 03 September 2022, at Villa Park in Birmingham.
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Aston Villa, Recent FormAston Villa will not be too disheartened with their 2-1 away defeat at the hands of Arsenal who sit 16 places above them in the table. Their share of possession in that meeting was 40%, while racking up 4 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to the numbers reached by Arsenal, who had 22 shots on goal with 9 on target.
Whilst they have scored a reasonable 6 goals in their last 6 games, they are struggling to pick up points due to their defence, who have shipped 12 goals in the same period. Having found the back of the net in 5 of their last 6 matches at Villa Park, they are developing an impressive scoring record at home. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games.
Their recent results are not something they'll be looking to repeat, having lost 5 of their last 6 games.
Manchester City, Recent FormIn their last match Manchester City enforced their superiority over Nottingham Forest with a 6-0 home win. They came away from that fixture with a possession stat of 75% and clocked up 17 attempts on goal with 9 on target, in comparison to Nottingham Forest, who managed 8 attempts on goal, 1 of which were on target.
Pep Guardiola will be very satisfied with his team's ability to find the net, with 22 goals in their last 6 matches; however, he will be less pleased with his back line, who have lost 7 goals during those same matches. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 14 games. Away from home, they have become reasonably solid at the back with 3 clean sheets in their last 6 away outings.
They have not lost away from home for an impressive 20 games in a row.
Kevin De Bruyne will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Aston Villa in this match, having already scored 5 goals in his last 6 away games for Manchester City.
The last meeting between these 2 teams in the league resulted in an unsurprising 3-2 win for Manchester City.
The Aston Villa defence has struggled against The Citizens in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 7 games. When Man City visit The Villans in the league, goals tend to happen, with 10 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 3.33 goals per match.
Undefeated in their last 11 league encounters against Aston Villa, Man City have dominated this fixture in recent times, winning the last 7 times in a row.
Man City man Riyad Mahrez will be out for more of the same in front of goal in this match against Aston Villa, having bagged 2 goals in the last 3 encounters between these sides at Villa Park.
With only Diego Carlos (Achilles tendon) and Tyrone Mings (Illness) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Steven Gerrard will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Man City manager Pep Guardiola has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Nathan Aké (Groin), Jack Grealish (Knee), Aymeric Laporte (Medial Collateral Ligament) and Kalvin Phillips (Shoulder) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Aston Villa Playing at home | Manchester City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 2.5 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 31' | Time first goal scored | 21' |
| 81' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 3 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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