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Sunday 26 October 2025 · 14:00 · HT 1-0 · Villa Park, Birmingham · Referee Michael Oliver

Aston Villa v Manchester City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Aston Villa's last 4 home games and Manchester City's last 4 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 5 of 8, with 8.9 corners per match (league 9.9) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Aston Villa v Manchester City, full match

47%

Possession

53%

0.81

Expected goals (xG)

1.18

9

Shots

18

3

Shots on target

4

5

Corners

6

8

Fouls

16

1

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

19'

Goal

Matty Cash AST

40'

Yellow card

Sávio MAN

54'

Yellow card

Tijjani Reijnders MAN

64'

Yellow card

Nico González MAN

80'

Yellow card

Phil Foden MAN

81'

Yellow card

Boubacar Kamara AST

At a glance

Aston Villa

4th in the table

W

D

Manchester City

2nd in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Aston Villa's home games and Manchester City's away games in the Premier League this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Aston Villa's last 4 home games and Manchester City's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

4/8 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

6/8 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

2/8 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

4/8 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

63%

5/8 games · League 57%

Aston Villa clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 26%

Manchester City clean sheet

50%

2/4 games · League 26%

Aston Villa fail to score

50%

2/4 games · League 26%

Manchester City fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.8

Corners

8.9

League 9.9

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

23

Emiliano Martínez

DEFENDERS

2

4

12

14

MIDFIELDERS

24

Amadou Onana

27

Morgan Rogers

44

Boubacar Kamara

FORWARDS

7

John McGinn

10

Emiliano Buendía

11

Ollie Watkins

SUBSTITUTES

40

3

5

22

6

26

17

19

29

Manchester City

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Gianluigi Donnarumma

DEFENDERS

3

5

24

27

MIDFIELDERS

4

20

26

47

52

FORWARDS

9

Erling Haaland

SUBSTITUTES

1

6

82

8

10

14

33

7

11

Referee: Michael Oliver

29 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.1

Red cards per game

0.07

Fouls per game

22.3

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.07

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

AST

MAN

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.9

2.4

2.7

Over 0.5

75%

6/8

100%

8/8

88%

14/16

93%

Over 1.5

63%

5/8

88%

7/8

75%

12/16

79%

Over 2.5

50%

4/8

50%

4/8

50%

8/16

55%

Over 3.5

13%

1/8

25%

2/8

19%

3/16

25%

Over 4.5

0%

0/8

13%

1/8

6%

1/16

12%

Bet

AST

MAN

Match

League

Yes

50%

4/8

38%

3/8

44%

7/16

54%

Yes and win

38%

3/8

13%

1/8

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

38%

3/8

25%

2/8

31%

5/16

44%

Yes and draw

13%

1/8

13%

1/8

13%

2/16

15%

Yes and loss

0%

0/8

13%

1/8

19%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/16

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Bet

AST

MAN

Match

League

Corners per match

10.9

9.0

9.9

9.7

Over 7.5

100%

8/8

63%

5/8

81%

13/16

71%

Over 8.5

100%

8/8

63%

5/8

81%

13/16

62%

Over 9.5

88%

7/8

38%

3/8

63%

10/16

52%

Over 10.5

63%

5/8

38%

3/8

50%

8/16

42%

Over 11.5

25%

2/8

38%

3/8

31%

5/16

28%

Over 12.5

13%

1/8

13%

1/8

13%

2/16

18%

Referee Michael Oliver: 3.2 cards and 22.3 fouls per game in 29 games this season

Bet

AST

MAN

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

3.3

3.6

3.7

Over 2.5

88%

7/8

75%

6/8

81%

13/16

67%

Over 3.5

63%

5/8

50%

4/8

56%

9/16

54%

Over 4.5

38%

3/8

25%

2/8

31%

5/16

40%

Over 5.5

13%

1/8

0%

0/8

6%

1/16

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Erling Haaland

8 starts · 1.4 per 90

71%

5/7

88%

7/8

50%

4/8

0%

0/8

Matheus Nunes

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Phil Foden

5 starts · 0.2 per 90

25%

1/4

20%

1/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Aston Villa

Last 5 games before this match

19 Oct

Tottenham Hotspur

(A)

2-1

W

5 Oct

Burnley

(H)

2-1

W

28 Sep

Fulham

(H)

3-1

W

21 Sep

Sunderland

(A)

1-1

D

13 Sep

Everton

(A)

0-0

D

Manchester City

Last 5 games before this match

18 Oct

Everton

(H)

2-0

W

5 Oct

Brentford

(A)

1-0

W

27 Sep

Burnley

(H)

5-1

W

21 Sep

Arsenal

(A)

1-1

D

14 Sep

Manchester United

(H)

3-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Aston Villa and Manchester City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Premier League table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Arsenal

38

26

7

5

71

27

+44

85

W

2

Man City

38

23

9

6

77

35

+42

78

L

D

W

D

3

Man Utd

38

20

11

7

69

50

+19

71

W

D

W

4

Aston Villa

38

19

8

11

56

49

+7

65

W

D

L

5

Liverpool

38

17

9

12

63

53

+10

60

D

L

D

L

W

6

Bournemouth

38

13

18

7

58

54

+4

57

D

W

D

7

Sunderland

38

14

12

42

48

-6

54

W

D

L

8

Brighton

38

14

11

13

52

46

+6

53

L

W

L

W

9

Brentford

38

14

11

13

55

52

+3

53

D

L

W

L

10

Chelsea

38

14

10

14

58

52

+6

52

L

W

D

L

11

Fulham

38

15

7

16

47

51

-4

52

W

D

L

W

12

Newcastle

38

14

7

17

53

55

-2

49

L

W

D

W

L

13

Everton

38

13

10

15

47

50

-3

49

L

D

L

14

Leeds

38

11

14

13

49

56

-7

47

L

W

D

W

D

15

Crystal Palace

38

11

12

15

41

51

-10

45

L

D

L

D

L

16

Nott'm Forest

38

11

16

48

51

-3

44

D

L

D

W

17

Tottenham

38

10

11

17

48

57

-9

41

W

L

D

W

18

West Ham

38

10

9

19

46

65

-19

39

W

L

W

19

Burnley

38

4

10

24

38

75

-37

22

D

L

D

L

20

Wolves

38

3

11

24

27

68

-41

20

D

L

D

L

Champions League

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Aston Villa v Manchester City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Aston Villa

Manchester City

Referee: Michael Oliver

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Aston Villa

Manchester City

Head to head

Premier League table