A Villa Aston Villa

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WHEN AND WHERE

We visit Villa Park in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 12:30 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. You can also keep across all of the action via the Official Man City App, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Sat 21 Dec

Premier League

A Villa

12:30

GMT

Man City

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from the West Midlands in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 11:15 (UK).

Keith Curle and Andy Morrison will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.  

During the game, you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Michael Brown while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Short highlights from the match will be available from 16:30 (UK), whilst extended highlights from the encounter and a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed from midnight.

TEAM NEWS

City make six changes for today’s Premier League trip to Aston Villa.

Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Mateo Kovacic and Jack Gealish all come into Pep Guardiola‘s starting XI from the side that began last weekend’s Manchester derby.

Lewis returns from suspension while Stones and Akanji have both recovered from injury to take their place in the starting line-up.

Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Kevin De Bruyne revert to the bench with Nathan Ake also named amongst the substitutes after making his own recovery from injury.

Ruben Dias, Ederson and Mathues Nunes all miss out today through injury.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb are also unavailable as they continue their recovery from long-term injuries.

Teams 

ASTON VILLA XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn (C), Rogers, Duran

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Maatsen, Barkley, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins

CITY XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Foden, Grealish, Haaland

Subs: Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last trip to Villa Park 12 months ago ended in a narrow defeat, as Leon Bailey’s second half goal, which clipped off Ruben Dias, won the contest as the hosts picked up their 14th straight victory on home soil.

In the reverse fixture at the Etihad Stadium later that season, we secured a convincing 4-1 victory, with Phil Foden bagging a hat-trick to stretch our unbeaten run at the time to 24 matches.

LAST TIME OUT

Our last league encounter ended in Manchester Derby heartbreak, as late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo secured three Premier League points for Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.

As for Aston Villa, they also fell to a 2-1 defeat, away to high-flying Nottingham Forest in their last league encounter.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Will be announced here: https://www.premierleague.com/referees 

GLOBAL TV LISTINGS

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

(Listings correct as of 16 December)