FOOTBALLAston Villa vs Manchester City prediction
An African clash at Villa Park
Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last five games and have won all three of their Champions League matches. Manchester City come off a 5-1 thrashing of AEK and a 3-2 league win over Ipswich.
African players to watch
- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal): Villa's striker, with 3 Champions League goals.
- Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal): provided assists against Ipswich and PSG, and should start for City.
- Ayyoub Bouaddi (Morocco): the young Moroccan midfielder is tipped to start.
Absentees
Villa are without Amadou Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Matteo Ruggeri. City are missing Antoine Semenyo and Matheus Nunes.
Our view
City score a lot but concede regularly (2 against Ipswich, 1 against AEK), and Villa are dangerous at home. We go for both teams to score.
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