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What we said before the match
Both teams concede few goals.Manchester City have the 2nd-best defence in the league, Aston Villa the 5th-best.
Aston Villa pick up few cards.Aston Villa have the 3rd-fewest cards in the league.
Manchester City win a lot of corners.6.4 corners per match, the most in the league.
Per matchManchester CityAston Villa
Goals scored2.031.47
Goals conceded0.921.29
Corners won6.55.2
Cards shown1.81.6
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Last 10 league matches, newest on the left. The number on the right is the chance worked out for this match: streaks are a small sample, while the chance also takes the opponent and the league average into account.
- 3+ goals
Manchester City6/10
Aston Villa6/10 - 2+ goalsManchester City8/10Aston Villa9/10
- Both teams scoreManchester City5/10Aston Villa7/10
- Team scoresManchester City10/10Aston Villa8/10
- 10+ cornersManchester City8/10Aston Villa7/10
- 4+ cardsManchester City7/10Aston Villa8/10
There are no probabilities for this match.
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Nottingham Forest2025-26 season, averages per match.
Manchester Cityper matchAston Villa- 2.03opponents 0.92Goalsleague 1.381.47opponents 1.29
- 2.09opponents 1.22Expected goals (xG)league 1.521.48opponents 1.49
- 15.7opponents 9.7Shotsleague 12.412.7opponents 12.9
- 5.4opponents 3.3Shots on targetleague 4.24.5opponents 4.4
- 6.5opponents 3.8Cornersleague 5.05.2opponents 4.9
- 1.8opponents 2.1Cardsleague 1.91.6opponents 2.4
This season: Manchester City 38 matches, Aston Villa 38 matches. The big number is the team’s own, the one below its opponents’; the league figure is per team.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arsenal | 37 | 25 | 7 | 5 | +43 | 82 | LWWWW |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | +42 | 78 | DWWDL |
| 3 |  Manchester United | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | +16 | 68 | WWWDW |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | +7 | 65 | LLDWW |
| 5 |  Liverpool | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | +10 | 59 | WWLDL |
| 6 |  Bournemouth | 37 | 13 | 17 | 7 | +4 | 56 | WDWWD |