Aston Villa vs Manchester City Predictions

• Manchester City have lost six of their last seven competitive away games.
• Aston Villa have won three of their last four games.
• The Citizens have conceded exactly twice in six of their last seven away days.

Villa look to bounce back

Aston Villa fell to defeat at Nottingham Forest last weekend, but prior to that they had won three successive games and they could get back on track against a Manchester City side in utter turmoil on Saturday afternoon.

The Villans have been subject to some criticism this season but, despite the naysayers, they find themselves seventh in the Premier League in fifth in the new Champions League league phase. They have lost just two of their 12 competitive home games and have taken positive results from Juventus, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United at Villa Park.

Citizens sink to new depths

Manchester City, already nine points adrift of the top of the Premier League table, hit a new low on Sunday as they saw a 1-0 lead in the Manchester derby overturned in the space of three Amad Diallo-inspired minutes at the Etihad.

Barring a brief respite in the form of a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, it has been a wretched couple of months for the reigning champions, with one win, two draws, and an incredible eight defeats leaving them licking a myriad of wounds.

Duran can strike at City hearts

As well as being effectively out of the title race, the Citizens are 22nd in the Champions League league phase, and the worst run of Pep Guardiola’s managerial career is showing no signs of coming to an end.

They have drawn one and lost six of their last seven competitive away games, conceding twice or more in every one of these trips. City have conceded exactly twice in six of them and have lost 2-1 on three occasions, so backing Villa to get the points alongside a 2-1 correct score prediction looks excellent value.

Jhon Duran is a standout in the anytime goalscorer market after an excellent run of form. He has scored 11 goals for Villa this season, despite only starting five games. One of those starts was last weekend and, if he is given a starting berth again, he could score for the fourth successive game on Saturday.