Aston Villa Vs Manchester City Tactical Preview: Team News, Key Men And Streaming Links

Aston Villa will welcome Manchester City at Villa Park this Wednesday night as both teams look to secure a positive result in the Premier League. The Villans were held to a 2-2 draw away at Bournemouth recently. Similarly, Man City were held to a 3-3 draw by Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. Hence, we can expect the two teams to go all out in search of the three points in this midweek clash.

Aston Villa Vs Manchester City: Talking Tactics

Unai Emery will opt for a 4-4-2 formation and is expected to ask his men to defend their lines well and try to catch the opposition off-guard on the counter.

Pep Guardiola will set his men up in a 3-2-2-3 formation and could instruct his players to dominate the ball and engineer enough clear-cut chances in the final third.

Team News

Aston Villa

Emiliano Buendia, Tyrone Mings and Bertrand Traore will be sidelined for this game because of injuries. Otherwise, Emery has no fresh injury concerns to cope with this week.

Aston Villa Predicted XI

Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Bailey, Kamara, Luiz, McGinn; Diaby, Watkins

Manchester City

Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes are major doubts for this game. Both Jack Grealish and Rodri will miss this clash due to suspension.

Manchester City Predicted XI

Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake; Akanji, Kovacic; Foden, Alvarez, Bernardo, Doku; Haaland

Key Men

Aston Villa

Both Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby will carry most of the goal-scoring workload for the home team up top. Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara will have to anchor the midfield well if the Villans want to emerge victorious this Wednesday night.

Manchester City

Erling Haaland will be Guardiola’s best hope for a goal this week. The defensive performance of Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake could go a long way in determining the fate of this contest.

Aston Villa Vs Manchester City: Streaming Links