Aston Villa vs Man City

The Villans have only a solitary win thus far and sit second bottom after four defeats out of their five games.

Man City visit Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, so we simulated the game to predict the outcome.

The Council of Very Smart Cityzens give their matchday predictions.

Premier League games keep coming thick and fast, and the task doesn't get any easier for Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa side as they host Manchester City on ...

Aston Villa face Manchester City in the 2022-23 Premier League - here's everything you need to know.

With Manchester City looming, can Steven Gerrard and Aston Villa pull off the stunner? Transfer window newcomers Leander Dendoncker and Jan Bednarek give ...

Premier League champions Manchester City prepare to take on Aston Villa on September 3rd.

[Newcastle](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/09/02/premier-league/1121893-desperate-start-then-derby-wineverton-can-look-back-to-2010-for-hope.html), [Manchester City](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/31/premier-league/1121695-man-city-6-0-nottingham-forest-hat-trick-hero-haaland-sinks-forest.html) have been perfect in the [Premier League](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/09/02/premier-league/1121910-nottingham-forest-vs-bournemouth-premier-league-preview-gameweek-6-2022.html). [Kalvin Phillips ](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/05/premier-league/1118936-leeds-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-premier-league-preview-gameweek-1-202223.html)remains out with injury. [Manchester City](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/31/premier-league/1121695-man-city-6-0-nottingham-forest-hat-trick-hero-haaland-sinks-forest.html)'s three will be the toughest test of his budding career. Haaland is a real poacher, with each of his last six goals coming from more or less inside the six yard box. [Nottingham Forest](https://www.vavel.com/en/data/nottingham-forest); a game that saw striker [Erling Haaland ](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/31/premier-league/1121696-4-things-we-learned-from-manchester-city-6-0-nottingham-forest.html)score his second hat-trick in two games. Erlling Haaland: It was never going to be anyone else. The young Frenchman is a tenacious defensive midfielder, who loves a tackle. There remains some doubt as to whether either of the men will play. The Blues came from two goals down to secure the points that day. The Norwegian has been a non-stop force since his summer move from [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2021/12/22/premier-league/1096682-who-is-matthew-cox-the-18-year-old-pushing-to-be-brentfords-number-one-in-david-rayas-absence.html). [Jack Grealish](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/08/premier-league/1119244-west-ham-vs-manchester-city-post-match-player-ratings.html), centre-back [Nathan Ake ](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/08/30/premier-league/1121546.html)has also returned to fitness. The most recent matchup between the two sides resulted in a 3-2 victory for The Citizens, a result that confirmed the title for them on the final day.

Steven Gerrard was asked about how Aston Villa will go about taking on Manchester City today as they look to move out of the relegation by picking up three ...

Pep Guardiola’s men came back though and beat them 3-2 to win the Premier League by a point. Emi Martinez watches it safely out of play. Ilkay Gundogan spilts the Villa centre-backs, lunges at the ball and just misses it. 11 mins: Nice work from Bernardo Silva to shift the ball away from Tyrone Mings and lay it off to Rodri. Ollie Watkins is around but the ball falls to Gundogan and City boot it clear. Cash does well initially to keep Foden in check and Douglas Luiz takes the ball of the City man. He gives it back to Cash whose clearance is poor and comes straight to De Bruyne. City recover the ball through Foden who guides it inside. [Pep Guardiola’s](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pep-guardiola) Man City this evening. The physios are checking him over but there’s been a lenghty break in play here. New faces could turn their form around with deadline day signings Leander Dendoncker and Jan Bednarek providing more top-flight experience to Gerrard’s side. Manager [Steven Gerrard](/topic/steven-gerrard) remains under heavy pressure after their loss to [Arsenal](/topic/arsenal) on Wednesday in which [Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli gave the Gunners a 2-1 win](/sport/football/arsenal-aston-villa-result-final-score-jesus-martinelli-b2157031.html).

Manchester City and the prolific Erling Haaland face Aston Villa at Villa Park in their latest Premier League match.

— Subscribers can stream via either the SkyGo app or the Sky Sports website. Douglas Luiz came off the bench to briefly pull Villa level at Arsenal and remains at Villa Park despite the Gunners' deadline day interest in him. We know we can hurt this team, and I'm really looking forward to the game," Steven Gerrard said at his pre-match news conference. When Philippe Coutinho put Villa 2-0 up at the Etihad Stadium on the final day of last season, it looked like Pep Guardiola's side were about to surrender their title to Liverpool. Erling Haaland's hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest mean he has nine goals in his first five Premier League games — a competition record. They're both on the bench. The answer today is neither. Manuel Akanji, who signed from Borussia Dortmund this week, is absent due to the birth of his baby son. 10 mins from kickoff: We won't get to see City's latest arrival today. Even the most laid-back goalkeeper in the Premier League has to tune in a bit. Haaland drops in and acts as a massive wall in a wall pass with Silva.

Manchester City travel to Aston Villa to round off Saturday's Premier League action, looking to pile yet more misery on Steven Gerrard.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City prediction Aston Villa vs Manchester City team news So then, the idea of playing a free-scoring City side will unlikely brighten his mood.

29 mins: Aston Villa 0 Man City 0. Haaland is played through, but Martinez charges out well to the edge of his box to snuff out the danger before the ...

Gerrard said: "From a personal point of view, I very much back the club's decision and stance on that. I'll do my job to the best I can do, I'll step forward, I'll take the responsibility in the best way I can. What we did say is that we can't lose the player in the final moments of the window. The ball comes back to De Bruyne on the overlap, he hits the cross in first time, looping the ball over Martinez to a lurking Haaland on the back post. Adding to a tough week for former England midfielders, Scott Parker was fired as manager of Bournemouth on Tuesday. Haaland and De Bruyne are connecting brilliantly out there, with the Belgian popping up all over: on the right wing, on the left, in the box. Villa hit City on the counter. He takes a touch with his right foot, and then pulls back across the box with his left... Haaland knocks the ball onto De Bruyne in the Villa box. Sometimes you've got to put more legs in the team, you've got to have people in your team who can run forward with speed. It's a big draw, but there's still tonnes of work to do. I'm really proud of the players today.

Man City travel to Villa Park looking to continue their unbeaten start to the season.

Haaland does superbly to control the ball inside the box and flick it into the path of De Bruyne. The Belgian has to snatch at his poked finish and it flies just past the far post. The Blues were starting to completely dominate but they passed up a few chances to double their lead. He would have been offside but the goalkeeper wasn't to know. Riyad Mahrez drags a right-footed shot wide when he really should be hitting the target. Steven Gerrard has criticised referee Simon Hooper for blowing his whistle early rather than allowing play to go on and then consulting the VAR. "The beauty about this goal is the delivery. He continued but at the end he could not continue. We will see, I didn't speak with the doctors." We were not precise in our final third touches and our simple things, especially in the first half. [Pep Guardiola](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/pep-guardiola)'s side will be looking to continue their impressive start to the season, having won four and drawn one of their opening five games. City's opponents, Villa, have not enjoyed an ideal start to the campaign.

Erling Haaland scored his 10th goal in six Premier League matches as Manchester City drew 1-1 at Aston Villa.

We had chances to score a second when the game was in our hands but we didn't. We were not precise in our final third touches and our simple things, especially in the first half. "We were better after the goal. Our first assignment sees us travel to Spain to face Sevilla on Tuesday. City are in Group G alongside Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and FC Copenhagen. Villa had a golden chance just before the hour mark when Jacob Ramsey dispossessed Rodri high up the field and played in Watkins.

Steven Gerrard has bemoaned a mistake from the referee that cost Aston Villa a potential win over Manchester City on Saturday.

‘Why blow the whistle? In addtion, Newcastle had a goal disallowed after Joe Willock was adjudged to have fouled Crystal Palace keeper Vicente Guaita, with the VAR officials missing the fact that Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell had pushed Willock into Guaita. It comes after a day of numerous VAR controversies in the Premier League, where West Ham had a late equaliser chalked off against Chelsea after Edouard Mendy was deemed to have been fouled in the build-up. Because of the introduction of VAR, linesman are meant to delay flagging for offside in the eventuality that the play leads to a goal and they have made the incorrect call, but that procedure was not carried out in this instance. And because the referee blew his whistle before Coutinho got his shot away, VAR could not check the goal and overturn the on-pitch officials. [Aston Villa](https://metro.co.uk/tag/aston-villa-fc/?ico=auto_link_sport_P1_LNK1) a potential win over [Manchester City](https://metro.co.uk/tag/manchester-city-fc/?ico=auto_link_sport_P1_LNK2) on Saturday.

Haaland rose highest in the 50th minute to side-foot past Emiliano Martinez for his 10th goal in six Premier League matches, but Bailey responded in the 74th ...

We had chances to score a second when the game was in our hands but we didn't." "They put an incredible amount of effort into the game, followed instructions. "We conceded just one goal from one shot on target in 90 minutes. [Philippe Coutinho](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/130372/Philippe-Coutinho) and the [Brazil](/football/team?id=205) midfielder had the ball in the net in the 80th minute, only to see the flag raised for offside. [Ollie Watkins](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/198825/Ollie-Watkins) was sent through on goal in the 38th minute and fired a shot wide of [Ederson](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/176948/Ederson)'s left-hand post after a tackle from [John Stones](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/157974/John-Stones). [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland) kept up his scoring streak but [Manchester City](/football/team?id=382) were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by [Aston Villa](/football/team?id=362) on Saturday thanks to a goal from [Leon Bailey](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/224809/Leon-Bailey).

An unusually sloppy performance, despite dominating possession and creating some half-decent chances. De Bruyne and Haaland brilliance that saw City take the ...

It was Haaland put City ahead, but Villa clawed back an equaliser through Leon Bailey. De Bruyne and Haaland brilliance that saw City take the lead, and an iffy substitution that came just a minute before the Villa equaliser. Manchester City