As part of the eighth round of the English Premier League, the match between Aston Villa and Manchester City is of particular interest. The townspeople are going without losing points, they won all seven matches in the Premier League. Birmingham have improved significantly after a bad start, and they have not suffered a single defeat in the Premier League in the previous three rounds. Plus, Manchester City haven't won in Birmingham since 2021. What can you expect from the game and which reliable bets to choose? - the answer is in the website expert's betting tip
Command Analysis
Aston Villa
Current form
Aston Villa has failed the starting line for the second season in a row, but then gained momentum. This time, Birmingham went winless for four official matches since the start of the season. The series of failures was interrupted only at the start of the Champions League, when they beat Brugge 3-2 away. After that success, the lions played seven matches, taking into account all the tournaments, in which they lost points only twice: in the Premier League they lost to Nottingham Forest (1:2) and parted in peace with Brentford (2:2).
At the moment, Aston Villa has entered a three-match unbeaten streak in the Premier League, in which they have won two and drawn once. In the last round, Unai Emery's team defeated Newcastle 1-0 on the road. The victory turned out to be fully deserved, Birmingham created more dangerous chances, and Manzambi scored the only goal in the first half.
Aston Villa is most successful in the Champions League. There are three rounds behind, in which the lions scored the maximum nine points and are in second place, losing the first place to PSG in additional indicators. Birmingham's calendar was not the most difficult, they managed to defeat Brugge (3:2), Fenerbahce (6:0) and Viking (3:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
Onana, Ruggeri and Van Bissaka will not play due to injuries, Manzambi and Cisse are questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In seven consecutive matches, Aston Villa players have not been offside more often than their opponents.
Aston Villa have won in the first half in three consecutive matches.
In three of the four previous matches involving Birmingham, more than nine shots on goal were recorded.
Manchester City is approaching the start of the eighth round in the status of the sole leader of the Premier League. The townspeople scored a maximum of 21 points and are three points ahead of Arsenal, who lost outright in the Super Cup game (0:3) at the start of the season.
In the last round, Manchester City expectedly defeated Ipswich (3-2). The townspeople controlled the game, Holland scored a double, and Foden scored another goal. At the same time, it is alarming that two goals were conceded from a far from the strongest opponent. The situation was similar with Sunderland (5-3). And this is taking into account the fact that Liverpool confidently won 3-0 on the road between these matches.
In the Champions League, Manchester City scored six points in three rounds. The misfire happened to PSG in the home game (2:4), when the defense failed. There were no problems with Porto (2:0) and AEK (5:1). As a result, with six points scored, Enzo Mareschi's team occupies the intermediate tenth place in the table. It should be noted that in the last match against the Greeks, the head coach went on a decent rotation, made eight changes to the starting line-up at once compared to the previous game. Holland did not play at all in that match, he had a slight injury, but by the time of the game against Aston Villa, according to Mareski, the Norwegian had fully recovered.
Disqualifications and injuries
Manchester City's Semenyo is on the injured list. O'Reilly, Kovacic and Nunez are questionable.
Interesting betting trends
On the road in the Premier League, Manchester City won all three matches with a total score of 8:1.
In three of the previous five matches, the townspeople won in the first half.
Manchester City players fouled less often than their opponents in four of the last five matches.
Manchester City has not lost a single point in seven rounds in the Premier League and is currently in the betting line as the obvious favorite. At the same time, it should be noted that in two of the last three rounds, the townspeople played uncertainly in defense, conceded three goals from Sunderland, two from Ipswich. In the same period, they failed to cope with PSG in the Champions League (2:4), and again the defense failed.
Aston Villa has noticeably improved after a disastrous start, approaching the upcoming game on a three-match winning streak, taking into account all tournaments. During this period, the Birmingham team scored ten goals against their opponents, have no problems with the implementation and are quite capable of punishing the townspeople for defensive mistakes. On their own field, the lions are successfully playing against Manchester City, they did not concede in the previous four face-to-face meetings, and they achieved victories three times. We believe that it is today that the impressive winning streak of the citizens in the Premier League will be interrupted.
Our betting tip is that Aston Villa will not lose by a factor of 2.27
In the previous four face-to-face meetings at home, Aston Villa did not lose to Manchester City. We managed to achieve positive results due to reliable defensive play, and we never scored more than three goals in these meetings. We expect that this time Unai Emery will rely on defense and we will not see too effective a game.
The second bet is a total of less than 3.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.65
Betting on corners
Aston Villa have not lost to their rivals in corners in four of the last five matches. Obviously, Unai Emery will bet on keeping the townspeople in the center of the field. In this scenario, there is a high probability that the hosts will not lose by corners.
Betting Tip – Aston Villa will not lose on corners with a coefficient of 2.40
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