Aston Villa and Manchester City are going to take on on Wednesday the 1st of December at 8:15 pm in the 14th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The referee will be Mike Dean.
Aston Villa sits in the 13th place in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.
Manchester City sits in the 2nd place in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Manchester City won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 30th of October against Crystal Palace and the score was 0-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 30.77%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Steven Gerrard is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: D. Martínez, M. Targett, T. Mings, E. Konsa Ngoyo, M. Cash, J. McGinn, J. Ramsey, D. Soares de Paulo, E. Buendía, L. Bailey Butler and O. Watkins.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Aston Villa would be 25.00.
B. Traoré and D. Ings will definitely miss the match.
Manchester City
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, J. Cavaco Cancelo, R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, J. Stones, K. Walker, O. Zinchenko, İ. Gündoğan, R. Hernández Cascante, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, R. Sterling and G. de Jesus.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 26.91.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ K. De Bruyne, P. Foden and J. Grealish because of injury.
F. Torres García will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.
