Manchester City vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips (3 April)

Three-time reigning English champion, Manchester City is engaged this season in a three-way fight with Liverpool and Arsenal to win the Premier League. The Cityzens are now in 3rd place in the ranking with 3 units of expenditure behind the leader. Confident of their strength, they have not lost any of their last 14 championship matches, 10 wins and 4 draws. Opposed to its direct competitors during the last 2 days, Manchester City failed to make the difference by sharing the points on the Liverpool pitch 1-1 and against Arsenal last weekend 0-0. Just before the international break, the Skyblues dominated Newcastle to qualify for the last four of the FA Cup 2-0. In the Champions League, they logically dismissed Copenhagen 6-2 after the two-legged matches and will face Real Madrid in the quarter-final.

Aston Villa confirms its previous exercise and can hope to take part in the next Champions League. Indeed, the team based in Birmingham is currently 4th in the Premier League and, with 1 game more, is 3 points ahead of 5th. After having managed to string together 3 victories in a row, the Villans suffered a big setback by conceding, at home, a heavy setback against Tottenham 0-4. They subsequently responded by drawing at West Ham 1-1 before beating Wolverhampton last weekend 2-0. In the Europa Conference League, Aston Villa easily dominated Ajax 4-0 after the two-legged matches and will face Lille in the quarter-final.

For this meeting, Manchester City is missing starting defender Aké who was injured last weekend against Arsenal. Furthermore, absent against the Gunners, goalkeeper No. 1 Ederson and executive full-back Walker are announced as doubtful. Still disappointing on the last day, Erling Haaland remains the top scorer in the championship with 18 goals. It should be noted that he has not scored in his last 5 matches played in all competitions. The usual captains are there like Rodri (6 goals and 5 assists in PL), Bernardo Silva (6 goals and 4 assists in PL), De Bruyne (5 assists in 10 PL matches) and Foden (11 goals and 7 assists in PL). Remaining on the bench against Arsenal, Argentine world champion Julian Alvarez (8 goals and 8 assists in PL) could be revived this Wednesday. Aston Villa still has to deal with 4 major absences.

They concern defender and captain Mings, full-back Cash, midfielder Kamara and playmaker Buendia, all in the infirmary. Additionally, interesting winger Ramsey is doubtful. The good news comes from the return of midfielder McGinn from suspension. England international Watkins (16 goals and 10 assists in the PL) plays a leading role for Villans. At his side, Bailey (8 goals and 8 assists in the PL) and Diaby (5 goals and 7 assists in the PL) could still take their place. In midfield, shines the Brazilian international Douglas Luiz (9 goals and 5 assists in PL).