Manchester City hosts Aston Villa in round 10 of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, October 26th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
Manchester City is the most productive club in the top 6 European leagues. The men of Guardiola scored as many as 29 goals in 9 past rounds of the Premier League (3.22 goals per game, on average). The Citizens even scored 10 goals in 3 matches of the Champions League. Only Wolverhampton managed to miraculously withstand their onslaught. But MC regularly scored in the remaining 13 matches of the season - at least 2 goals in 12 games.
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Aston Villa conceded 61 goals in 46 matches of the Championship (the fifth fixture among teams from the playoff zone). It is not surprising that the Villans regularly fail in defense in the Premier League. There are only nine rounds behind, and they already have 13 goals conceded (only five clubs of the Premier League defend worse). Moreover, Aston Villa kept a clean sheet only in two home games. Away, the Villans conceded three goals from Tottenham and Arsenal. Indeed, even Crew from the fourth division scored Aston Villa.
The goal of the hosts is a matter of time, but the question is - will the visitors succeed in scoring? In my opinion, Aston Villa’s chances are quite good. MC has small problems when playing defense. Particularly, Manchester City conceded nine goals in the Premier League, while only four of nine matches ended with a clean sheet. And even Norwich and Everton, which are inferior to Aston Villa in terms of scoring, scored the Citizens. As before, Guardiola cannot count on Laporte, which is why he fielded pivot Fernandinho in the center of defense. And Stones disappointed Pep so much that he was not paired with Otamendi. Aston Villa is in great shape now. The Villans won both of October matches, having hammered seven goals. In general, the team of Smith has been scoring at least two goals for five games in a row. And Aston Villa failed to score in only two of eleven official matches. Therefore, they will probably manage to break through the defense of MC.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
