Manchester City vs Aston Villa Preview


Manchester City vs Aston Villa

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 22nd May 2022

Kick-off time – 16:00 GMT

The biggest battle in the last game of this Premier League season will take place at the Etihad this Sunday when title-chasing Manchester City look to seal the Premier League title when they host Aston Villa.

The Cityzens could have had little to do on Sunday had they beaten West Ham last time out. But after coming back from two goals down to draw 2-2, they still have to win this game to ensure that they seal their fourth league title in five seasons.

Pep Guardiola’s side, for all their weaknesses are the favourites to win this game. For starters they have won 14 of their 18 league games at the Etihad this season, while keeping eleven clean sheets in those home games.

The hosts have just one defeat across their last 13 season finales (W10, D2) and have won their last eleven games against Aston Villa.

Also, motivation will be high for them to win this game considering that this is the last chance of winning a title this season having lost the semi-finals of the Champions League and FA Cup to Real Madrid and Liverpool, respectively.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa will look to pick up their first win in four tries when they travel to the North East on Sunday.

The visitors come into this tie without a win in three games (D2, L1), with a 1-1 draw with Burnley their most recent result.

They can determine the direction the title goes on the final day and with Steven Gerrard, Danny Ings and Philippe Coutinho former Reds, they will be desperate to do their former side a favour by taking points off City.

They should have the confidence of getting a result considering that they have lost just one of their last six games.

Another source of motivation will be the chance of finishing the season in a better position than their current 14th place knowing that they can move into the top ten if they win by a good margin and other results go their way.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

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