In a weekend match on Saturday Sep 3rd, in week 6, Manchester City will travel to Birmingham to battle Aston Villa in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. 16th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 0-1 loss against West Ham United. Pablo Fornals scored the first goal for West Ham United in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and West Ham United ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed Manchester City, recorded a 4-2 win against Crystal Palace. John Stones scored the first goal for Crystal Palace on an own goal in the 4th minute, then Joachim Andersen added another in the 21st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 70th minute on a goal by Erling Braut Håland. Manchester City is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Villa Park, Manchester City won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 82000 dissapointed fans. Sergio Agüero struck first for Manchester City in the 20th minute on a feed from Phil Foden, then Rodri added another in the 30th minute.
Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored six goals for Manchester City. Aston Villa hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Diego Carlos and Leon Bailey, and they each have 1 goal
Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa squad will be without Philippe Coutinho and Diego Carlos, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s squad will be without Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Kalvin Phillips, Palmer and Mbete-Tatu.