Champions Man City will play hosts to Unai Emery’s Aston Villa on Wednesday night in the Premier League. The Citizens will be hoping to go level on points with Liverpool, who lead the league standings.
Pep’s side are on the back of a goalless draw against 2nd placed Arsenal and will hope to get back among the goals to stay within touching distance of the league leaders.
Erling Haaland will also be hoping to shake off his difficult encounter against Gabriel this past weekend, who absolutely came out on top in their match-up. He will definitely fancy his chances better against the likes of Ezri Konsa.
Villa, on the other hand, are on the back of an impressive win against Wolves, which saw them retain 4th position on the table, though Spurs have a game in hand.
A win against City would be a major boost for them, not just because it puts Spurs under pressure to collect points from their game in hand, but also psychologically. A big win like this at this point in the season would help them finish the season strongly as only 2 really tough games will remain for them, against Arsenal and Liverpool.
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As cagey as Man City games can be against well-organized sides like Villa, City have no choice but to go for broke here as they need to chase the league leaders and go for all 3 points to maintain a realistic chance of winning the league, which will give Villa opportunities to catch them on the counter with the unbelievable speed that they have up front in Diaby, Bailey, and Watkins.
Other Premier League fixtures today:
Arsenal vs Luton Town | 20:30
