Aston Villa vs Manchester City - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates as Pep Guardiola's side travel to Villa Park in search of much needed win
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Follow Mail Sport's live blog of the Premier League fixture between Aston Villa and Manchester City for the latest team news, live score and updates. By Tum Balogun. There's another big call to be made today for Unai Emery, who has kept faith with his talisman Ollie Watkins amid his stuttering form. The Englishman has scored just two league goals in his last eight matches.
The form of Jhon Duran has not been lost on Watkins and the Colombian is surely nearing a start in his place. Duran started and scored against Forest as Watkins returned from injury but now fully fit, has he merited the place again? Before the team news is announced, take a read of the great piece from Mail Sport's TOM COLLOMOSSE on Watkins and his boss Emery.
. By Tom Collomosse At Villa Park. It's a miserable run for Pep Guardiola and his side of late. The defending champions look all but certain to release their grip on the top-flight title for the first time in four years after a stretch of one win in 11 matches.
The Manchester derby defeat means City have lost five of their last seven Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 67 combined. They last lost more in a single league campaign in the 2020-21 season. But can Guardiola find the formula to turn things around? He sensationally claimed after that defeat by United that he is not good enough to do so. At what point do we start to take him and his, let's say, unique, responses seriously?.
Sporting days like this don't come around every week. Crystal Palace welcome Arsenal to Selhurst Park in the late game, Luke Littler makes his world championship bow after that and Usyk and Fury have their rematch in the early hours of the morning. It all starts here at Villa Park, as Manchester City look to find any semblance of form.
