Aston Villa vs Manchester City Stats: Goals, fouls and head-to-head record

Aston Villa welcome Manchester City to Villa Park on Saturday for a 12.30pm kick-off in the Premier League, with the clash being shown live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.

Below you can find some Aston Villa and Manchester City Stats as we delve into the facts and figures to help inform your punting.

Form guide

Both Aston Villa and Manchester City tasted defeat in their last league encounters, with Unai Emery's men falling to a 2-1 defeat at the City Ground as they lost to Nottingham Forest and  City being defeated by the same scoreline in the Manchester Derby.

The Citizens’ defeat to Manchester United means Pep Guardiola's troops are now nine points behind league-leaders Liverpool, despite having played a game more.

Before their defeat to Forest, Villa had won three games in a row in all competitions, while City are now without a win in three in all competitions.

Head-to-head

Manchester City won the last meeting between the pair 4-1 in April, with England international Phil Foden scoring a hat-trick.

However, Villa are unbeaten in their last two meetings with City at Villa Park, securing a 1-0 win in December 2023 and a 1-1 draw in September 2022.

City's last win at Villa Park came in December 2021, with Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva grabbing the goals in a 2-1 success.

Only one of the last 13 meetings have finished in a draw, while both teams have scored in eight of the previous 10 clashes.

Goals

City have scored 28 goals in 16 games so far this season, the sixth-highest total in the Premier League.

Chelsea, Tottenham, Brentford, Liverpool, and Arsenal have all scored more than the Citizens, while Villa are joint-eighth in that category with 24 goals to their name.

Thirteen of Villa's goals have come at Villa Park, while City have netted 12 times and conceded 11 goals on their travels.

City's expected xG is still high at 29.7, despite their poor form, and they have averaged 1.75 goals per game, which is the fifth-best in the division.

Villa's average amount of goals per 90 minutes stands at 1.44. While City are not performing to their usual high standards, they have only faced 59 shots on target across the season, the third-lowest total in the league.

Keeping clean sheets has been an issue for both clubs, with City keeping only three and Villa managing just two after 16 league games apiece.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland is their leading goalscorer with 13 goals, while Ollie Watkins tops Villa's scoring charts with seven strikes.

Cards & fouls

Aston Villa duo Morgan Rogers and Jaden Philogene have collected the most yellow cards in Villa's squad with four, while the latter is the only Villa man to have been sent off this season.

Rogers and Youri Tielemans have both conceded 20 fouls each, while City's Matheus Nunes leads their fouls charts with 15.

Rico Lewis and Bernardo Silva have both collected four yellow cards apiece, with the former also being shown one red card after collecting two yellows in the recent 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.

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