Manchester City take on the visitors Aston Villa in the round 23 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, February 12th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
Manchester City are in risk to repeat Juventus scenario. The situation is not completely analogous, but at the beginning of the week, the Premier League management quite officially sounded the accusation of financial violations - they counted more than a hundred cases of deviation from the requirements of the fair play rules. Yes, this applies up to the long-standing 2009/2010 season, but, according to the rules of the League, there is no statute of limitations, and the penalty may include the removal of points, and even, according to experts, there is a threat of exclusion from the Championship. But even before that, purely on the football fields, the team did not shine. What is the last round, when there was a chance to sharply approach the “Arsenal”, which made an unexpected misfire the day before. But instead, having conceded a quick goal from Kane after his own pruning, they did not manage to respond with anything intelligible. Here, as if not to start, instead of claims for 1st place, turn back - “Manchester United”, which recently won the derby, crept up to a distance of 1 victory!
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Aston Villa are quite ambitious. Already in November, Gerrard was sacked and more experienced manager, Emery, appeared here. Unai has already worked in the Albion, and it turned out unsuccessfully at Arsenal - so there is a personal motivation to prove that you can be successful here too. The Spaniard made a famous debut, defeating Manchester United. Also in the autumn it turned out to win against Brighton. Not without problems (what is the cup defeat to the little-known “Stevenage”!), But on the whole, the club from Birmingham played well in January. After the defeat to Liverpool, Villans managed to collect 10 points in 4 rounds of the Premier League, including a 2-0 win at Tottenham. February was also planned to start well, leading twice against Leicester at home. But in the end, they suddenly lost to the Foxes, 2-4. Because of this, the team again rolled back outside the top 10 of the current standings.
Che “citizens” have consistently won 9 head-to-heads in a row since 2016. But in September, “Stevie G” managed to take a draw with the champion, playing 1-1. Experts consider the City as unconditional favorite. But now the team has a lot of problems, and “Villa” looks at the current mentor in a combative way, even against the background of top rivals. We bet that the visitors from Birmingham will win here with a handicap of “+2.0 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Aston Villa to win with 0.0 handicap.
