LiontipsManchester City vs Aston Villa. Prediction and Betting Tips for 2022-23 English Premier League (February 12, 2023).
Command Analysis
Manchester City are currently five points behind Arsenal, plus the leaders have a game in hand over the Sky-Blues. Moreover, the City team have 100 charges of financial fair play violation, which do not sit well with the board or the team. Pep Guardiola's men lost their last game - they suffered a narrow defeat to Tottenham (0:1) in London.
This will be Man City's 250th Premier League game at Etihad. They will definitely go for a win and try to please the fans, and the opponent is rather convenient. The City team will have to cope without Foden, Stones, and Mendy.
Aston Villa enjoyed a good run of form, but in the last game, the suffered a home defeat to Leicester City (2:4). The Lions do not have a good record at Etihad - they won only one out of 29 games at this arena, and that was way back in 2009.
After 21 rounds of match, Villa are in 11th place in the Premier League standings with 28 points from eight wins and four draws. They have delivered only 25 goals this season. Before a loss to Leicester, the Villans got a slender victory against Southampton (1:0). The visitors will be without Traore, Diego Carlos, and Steer.
Trends
Ставка Corners: total over 9.5
This bet played in 2 of Aston Villa's last 3 games.
Ставка Goals in both halves – no
In 3 of the last 4 games of the visitors, all goals were scored in one half.
Ставка Correct score 3:0
2 of the last 5 head-to-head games were tied.
Tip and bets
The hosts have no room for error are head and shoulders above Villa. We don't think that the visitors will get a chance to eke out a win or even a draw - Man City will go all out on offense and should win comfortably.
Our prediction — Asian handicap (-2) to Manchester City
The expect the Sky-Blues to dominate. They have no other choice but win if they want to stay close to the top line, especially because of last week's loss in London. Their quality performers should be able to secure a high-scoring victory.
Second bet — Manchester City to win by 3 goals
