Can Aston Villa keep its fading European hopes alive by reopening the door to the Premier League throne room when Manchester City visits Villa Park (start time 3:15pm ET Wednesday on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com)?
The latest tweets from @AVFCOfficial. The latest tweets from @AVFCOfficial. Aston Villa Football Club were formed in March 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Handsworth which is now part of Birmingham. The four founders of Aston Villa were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William Scattergood. Aston Villa's first match was against the local Aston Brook St Mary's Rugby team.
Villa has 44 points and sits 11th on the table, but has one or two games-in-hand on all the teams ahead of it, with seventh-place Tottenham holding 50 points and sixth-place Liverpool on 53.
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Man Cityβs recent league loss to Leeds United coupled with Manchester Unitedβs long winning streak mean the league leaders are just eight points clear of their neighbors with six matches to play.
A loss to Villa would ask several questions about the title race considering Man City is about to stage a League Cup and the UEFA Champions League semifinals following a loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinal round.
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Aston Villa
OUT: Wesley (fitness), Jack Grealish (calf), Morgan Sanson (knee), Trezeguet (knee).
Man City
OUT: Sergio Aguero (knock), Kevin De Bruyne (ankle).
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β Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) April 21, 2021
Your City side to take on Aston Villa!
XI | Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, GΓΌndogan (C), Rodrigo, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Jesus
SUBS | Steffen, AkΓ©, Sterling, Laporte, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Garcia
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β Manchester City (@ManCity) April 21, 2021
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Villa Park is not expected to see a win for the hosts, with +750 the payout for a win and +375 for a draw. Man City is -278 favorites to register a bounceback win.
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Prediction
Maybe if Jack Grealish was on the pitch. Maybe. But Cityβs mini-slump cost it a quadruple, not its identity. Aston Villa 0-3 Man City.
How to watch Aston Villa β Man City, stream and start time
Kickoff: 3:15pm ET Wednesday
TV Channel: NBCSN
Stream: Online via NBCSports.com
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