{"id":16612,"date":"2026-10-17T22:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=16612"},"modified":"2026-10-17T22:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:26:45","slug":"match-preview-aston-villa-vs-manchester-city-24-10-26-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/premier-league\/match-preview-aston-villa-vs-manchester-city-24-10-26-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa vs Manchester City: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa host Manchester City at Villa Park on Saturday, October 24 (7:30 AM ET \/ 6:30 AM CT \/ 4:30 AM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aston Villa will be without knee-injury casualty Amadou Onana, thigh-injury absentee Matteo Ruggeri and ankle-and-foot-injury victim Ian Maatsen, with groin-and-hip doubt Modou Keba Cisse, knee doubt George Hemmings, fitness doubt Johan Manzambi and thigh doubt Aaron Wan-Bissaka also battling to be involved. With that volume of absences through the middle and at the back, expect Nicolas Jackson to lead the line, with John McGinn and Emiliano Buend\u00eda providing the attacking-midfield support. Manchester City have no fresh fitness concerns and can select from Erling Haaland, Mathis Cherki, Antoine Semenyo, Philip Foden and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku across the front line.<\/p>\n

Villa have found goals away from home this season, including a 3-2 win at Tottenham, but a -4 goal difference at Villa Park points to a defence that has been breached regularly in front of its own crowd. City arrive off the back of 7 straight league wins, with Haaland’s 8 goals and Cherki’s 14 chances created underlining the depth of their attacking threat. Villa should trouble City’s defence at points, but the gulf in overall quality points to a narrow away win rather than anything more comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n