Premier League | 21st April 2021 | 20.15pm
It's Aston Villa vs Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday night and Manchester City will be keen to bounce back from their FA Cup Semi Final defeat to Chelsea.
They face an Aston Villa side that has performed well this year but do seem to be missing Jack Grealish although they certainly posses enough talent to give Man City a tough game.
Manchester City rested a number of players in the FA Cup and Gundogan, Mahrez and Foden in particular will be raring to go. They have now lost two of their last three and will not want that getting any worse.
The head to head record for this fixture is dominant, Manchester City have won all of the previous four meetings. Three of those have featured three or more goals but the most recent was a 2-0 win to Man City.
Aston Villa - Team Form
Aston Villa have been in inconsistent form and have won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five. The losses came to Liverpool and Spurs and they do seem to lose to the better teams.
Only 3 of Villa's last 10 have featured over 2.5 goals.
In the Premier League Aston Villa played Liverpool in their last fixture and lost 1-2 due to a 90th minute goal after taking the lead in the first half.
Aston Villa have averaged just over 3 corners in their last five games and won 0 against Liverpool.
For cards they average 2.4 per game.
Manchester City - Team Form
Manchester City lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final and will be looking to bounce back from a couple of losses. Prior to that game they had scored in eight in a row and 2+ goals in seven of them.
5 of Man City's last 10 have featured over 2.5 goals.
In their last Premier League game Manchester City lost 1-2 to Leeds last weekend in a slightly unexpected result and they have now conceded in each of their last four games after keeping such an impressive run of clean sheets prior to that.
Manchester City have averaged 5 corners per game and 1.4 cards per game.
Key Players
You never know with Pep Guardiola but with Gundogan being rested at the weekend you would imagine he will start and he did score a penalty in the previous match against Aston Villa back in January.
Betting Tips
It looks like Manchester City should dominate the match and i think Man City corners and Aston Villa cards could be good angles.
Our Tips:
Manchester City -3 Corners - 17/20
Most Booking Points Aston Villa - EVENS
Aston Villa At Least 1 Card In Each Half - 2/1
Prediction:
0-2