Manchester City, despite the not too stable season, returns confidence in his final phase. The team of Pep Guardiola has lost only once in the last nine matches in all tournaments and gradually gaining momentum to save this ambiguous football year. The absence of Herling Holland will compensate for Omar Marmush’s effective winter newcomer-6 goals in 6 home-league homes in 2025. Although the defense is no longer such impassable and even problematic (21 missed balls in Etihad – the worst indicator for the club since 2004), the attacking power of the team remains threatening: on average, Guardiols give more than 3 goals per match in 2025.

The story today is also on the side of the “locals”: 14 in a row won in the home matches of the APL against Aston Villa, and in 13 of them City scored at least twice. However, now there is not only a prestige – there is no right in the alphabet for the LF. It is good that at least England in the championship received five places, because otherwise the opportunities for maneuver would be much less.

Instead, Aston Villa comes to Manchester in the status of the owner of one of the best forms in the League as of now – 10 wins in the last 11 matches and a confident return to the inner struggle after the combat departure from the Champions League from the PSG. In the last round, the Unai Emery team defeated the 4: 1 scoring Newcastle, and Olli Watkins finally returned to the start and immediately recorded a goal+Pass to his account, bringing his total contribution in the season to 29 effective actions.

In addition to a powerful attack, the villa demonstrates a wonderful game on the exit – three in a row of victory in the APL without missed balls that have not been successful since 2009. However, Eihad still remains a damn place for them: the last victory here is in 2007. It will be difficult to get out of the historical pit, but the current form and tournament motivation give the fans hope for the long -awaited victory. At least the option that the “lions” are able to complete the evening with the points recruited against the current champion will not be some sensational result – Unai Emeri has done a huge amount of work in Aston Hilli, which is impossible to count.

According to bookmakers, the favorites of the future confrontation are the wards of Hosep Guardiola. Thus, the Victory of Manchester City in the main time is offered a factor of 1.85, while the potential success of Aston Hill is estimated at 3.95. The likelihood of a draw is represented by a factor of 4.05.