Manchester City vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips (22 April)

Since the arrival on the bench of Pep Guardiola in 2016, Manchester City has never lived as trying as in this exercise 2024/2025. Quickly pick up the head teams, the Skyblues will have to whip to take part in the next Champions League. They are currently 5th in the Premier League and have a small point ahead of 6th place. A little more consistent for some time, the Cityzens have just chained four unbeaten games in the 2 victories and 2 draws. After having swelled Crystal Palace despite a 5-2 calamitous start to the match, they tried to continue their recent invincibility series on the lawn of Everton last weekend to come. Present in the last square of FA Cup, Manchester City will move to the Nettingham Forest .ston Villa Antre, settled at the top of the basket in England following the arrival of the coach Unai Emery in 2022.

The training based in Birmingham therefore aims to qualify for the next Champions League and today occupies the 7th row of the Premier League opponent of the day. After having displayed a certain irregularity, the Villans found large certainties recently. This allowed them to chain four championship victories against Brentford 0-1 , Brighton 0-3, Nottingham Forest 2-1 and Southampton 0-3. Last weekend, they received Newcastle to try to continue their momentum. Eliminated by PSG in the quarterfinals of the Champions League 4-5 after the round trip Aston Villa will travel to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Not spared from injuries this season, Manchester City is still weakened this week. We find at the infirmary Haaland (21 goals in PL), goalkeeper No. 1 Ederson, Taulier Rodri, striker Foden (7 goals in PL) and the important defenders Akanji, Aké and Stones. The playful master of Bruyne (3 goals and 7 PL passes) will leave the club at the end of the season. He could still start this Tuesday and support the Marmoush winter recruit (6 goals in 10 PL games). To occupy the wings, the dribblers Savinho (1 goal and 8 PL passes) and Doku (3 goals and 5 PL passes) apply just like the English international Grenalish (1 PL goal).

For this trip to the Etihad Stadium, no absence is to be reported on the side of Aston Villa. Arrived at the club in January, the striker Rashford (1 goal and 2 passes in PL) took minutes at the Maison Watkins striker (14 goals and 6 PL passes), who notably started on the bench during the double confrontation against PSG in the Champions League. To see who will start in front of this Tuesday. The other winter recruits ASENCIO (3 goals in PL) and Malen (3 goals in PL) can also apply but face fierce competition with in particular the Rogers wingers (8 goals and 7 PL passes) and Ramsey (1 goal and 3 PL passes). The former Marseillais Kamara acts as a Taulier and forms a complementary midfield with the Belgian international Tielemans.

• Summary: Manchester City is going head to head with Aston Villa starting on 22 Apr 2025 at 19:00 UTC at Etihad Stadium stadium, Manchester city, England. The match is a part of the Premier League .
• Referee: Craig Pawson
• Manchester City Feedinco Rating: 7.12
• Aston Villa Feedinco Rating: 8.4