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Aston Villa host Manchester City at Villa Park in one of the standout clashes of Premier League round eight. The Citizens lead the standings with a maximum points tally, whereas the Birmingham outfit have had a sluggish start to the domestic campaign, sitting 12th with just eight points. However, Villa have won four of their last six Premier League meetings with City, including their last encounter under Pep Guardiola. The Villans have also claimed victory in their previous three encounters played at their home ground. Overall, Villa are in solid form, having registered six wins and a draw from their last seven matches across all competitions. In 11 games across all fronts this season, City's only defeat came against PSG in the Champions League, excluding the pre-season Community Shield match against Arsenal.
Both managers have made four changes to their starting lineups.
Johan Manzambi, Matty Cash, Ian Maatsen, and Boubacar Kamara return to the starting XI for Unai Emery's side, with Emiliano Buendía, Tyrone Mings, Ross Barkley, and Boubacar Kamara making way.
The big news in Enzo Maresca's side is that Erling Haaland, who was benched against AEK, returns to lead the line. Marc Guéhi, Iliman Ndiaye, and Jérémy Doku also start. Phil Foden, who scored a hat-trick on Tuesday, is named among the substitutes.
Aston Villa: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelöf, Torres, Maatsen, McGinn, Kamara, Gomes, Alisson, Manzambi, Jackson
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernández, Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku, Haaland
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