PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Premier League 24/05)

Manchester City and Aston Villa face off this Sunday at the Etihad Stadium in Premier League. The match will be broadcast live at 16:00 on Sky Sports +.

Manchester City have 78 points to their name this season and occupy 2nd position in the table. In their last game, Pep Guardiola's team drew 1-1 with Bournemouth (Premier League 2025/26).

Aston Villa have won 62 points to date and are placed in 4th position. Last time out, Unai Emery's team triumphed 0-3 against SC Freiburg (UEFA Europa League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Aston Villa winning 1-0.

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• Boubacar Kamara - Knee Injury
• Alysson Edward - Fitness

Last starting XIs

Manchester City ( vs Bournemouth 2026-05-19): Gigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Marc Guéhi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico O’Reilly, Rodri , Antoine Semenyo, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Aston Villa ( vs SC Freiburg 2026-05-20): Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Victor Lindelöf, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins

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MANAGERS

• Pep Guardiola has faced Unai Emery on 18 occasions, recording 11 wins, four draws and three defeats
• Unai Emery has faced Manchester City on ten occasions, recording three wins and seven defeats
• Pep Guardiola has faced Aston Villa on 14 occasions, recording ten wins, one draw and three defeats

TEAMS

• Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive matches unbeaten.
• Aston Villa currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
• Aston Villa are coming off five consecutive matches scoring goals.
• Aston Villa are coming off four consecutive matches unbeaten.
• Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive wins.
• At home, Manchester City currently have one defeat in their last 20 matches.
• At home, Manchester City currently have one draw in their last 14 matches.
• At home, Manchester City are coming off 20 consecutive matches scoring goals.
• At home, Manchester City are coming off five consecutive matches unbeaten.
• At home, Manchester City are coming off five consecutive wins.
• Manchester City currently have one defeat in their last 13 matches.
• Manchester City are coming off 13 consecutive matches scoring goals.
• Manchester City are coming off 11 consecutive matches unbeaten.

HEAD TO HEAD

• Manchester City and Aston Villa have already faced each other 184 times, with Manchester City holding the advantage: 82 wins, against 60 Aston Villa victories.
• At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City have the advantage in their head-to-heads against Aston Villa: 57 wins in 90 matches. Aston Villa have 17 victories.
• In the English league, the two teams have played 165 matches, with 72 Manchester City wins, 39 draws and 54 Aston Villa victories.