Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez start - Man City fans name line-up they want vs Aston Villa
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City will be looking to record their fifth win of the Premier League season when they face off against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday evening.
Pep Guardiola's men thrashed Nottingham Forest 6-0 in midweek as Erling Haaland grabbed his second hat-trick of the new campaign, with Julian Alvarez also bagging a brace.
Joao Cancelo scored the other goal for the home side on Wednesday night. The reigning champions have scored 19 goals already this season, conceding just five.
City's opponents have won just one game all campaign, but Guardiola anticipates a tougher game at Aston Villa because of their poor start to the season - suggesting he would rather they were making the journey to play a team in better form. ALSO READ: How City should line up vs Aston Villa Aymeric Laporte and Nathan Ake are both out injured for City, but new signing Manuel Akanji is not expected to feature against Steven Gerrard's side after arriving from Borussia Dortmund late in the transfer window.
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