City welcome Unai Emery’s side to the Etihad on Tuesday, April 22, for a crucial Premier League fixture that gets underway at 20.00pm (UK).
It’s a game that carries huge ramifications in terms of the battle to secure a top-five finish and with it a place in next season’s Champions League.
City go into the match lying in fourth place in the table but just a point ahead of Villa who sit in seventh with just two points separating the sides sitting third to seventh.
The visit of Villa is also the latest chapter in a rivalry that has thrown up numerous classic matches and special moments down the years.
None more so than City’s incredible 3-2 victory over the Villains on the last day of the 2022/23 season.
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It was a game that brought City fans from the depths of despair to sheer ecstasy with Pep Guardiola’s side fighting back from 2-0 down midway through the second half to clinch both victory and with it the Premier League title thanks to Ilkay Gundogan’s iconic winner.
We also rewind the clock back to September 2003 and a 4-1 home win over Villa which featured both our maiden Premier League win at the Etihad - and Nicolas Anelka’s only City hat-trick.
Last but not least we also revisit a 1-0 home win over Villa from November 1995 that was lit up by an outrageous late back-heeled assist from Niall Quinn to help set up Georgi Kinkladze for his maiden City goal.
Click the video player above to relive some of our most memorable moments when playing host to Villa.
