Aston Villa are winless in 13 Premier League games against Manchester City (D2 L11) since a 3-2 home win in September 2013.
Manchester City have won 25 of their past 26 Premier League games played on a Wednesday, with the exception being a 1-1 draw at Brighton in their last such match back in May.
Aston Villa have won their past 13 Premier League home games, the longest ongoing run in the division. Only twice in their league history have they won more consecutive home games, having 14-game runs between January-November 1903 and December 1930-October 1931.
City have won just one of their past four Premier League away games (D1 L2), beating Manchester United 3-0. They have conceded 2+ goals in two of those four games, as many times as they had conceded multiple goals in their previous 22 on the road in the league.
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has never beaten City’s Pep Guardiola in 13 previous meetings across spells with Valencia, Arsenal and Villa (D4 L9). He has lost his past five against Guardiola, including all three vs Manchester City.
City’s Erling Haaland has scored twice in each of his past two Premier League away games, doing so against Manchester United and Chelsea. He could become just the third player to score 2+ goals in three consecutive appearances on the road, after Dennis Bergkamp (September 1997) and Harry Kane (September 2017).
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