Aston Villa (A) - Sat 21st Dec, 12:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[M23 Citizen]

I’d imagine Pep will have to go with:

———————Ederson———————-
Lewis—Walker—Gvardiol—Nunes
——————-Gündoğan——————-
—-De Bruyne————Foden———-
BSilva———Haaland————Doku

 

[Ric]

No Ederson, confirmed.

 

[MillisleBlue]

Uh oh...

Has the stench of another defeat. Enjoy the rest of your weekend lads and lasses.

 

[M23 Citizen]

—————-Ortega Moreno—————
Lewis—Walker—Gvardiol—Nunes
——————-Gündoğan——————-
—-De Bruyne————Foden———-
BSilva———Haaland————Doku

 

[Rammy Blue]

No Ederson, confirmed.

I’d guess the “bad news” must surely be neither of Stones or Akanji starting.

 

[Roachy]

A must win game if we want a top 4 finish. Think we might surprise some.... not overly confident though.
Only want to win league, if that ain't going to happen then hope we finish outside ALL European places.

I don't think this game is crucial to top 4 but the 3pts would obviously be very welcome. To finish outside European places would be quite a fall from grace though. CL revenue is quite important to the club though, especially if we're going to rebuild.

 

[pudge]

If it's Lewis and Gundogan in the middle again I forsee Yaya v Villa, funnily enough, energy from Rogers incoming

 

[kaz7]

Stand by yer beds

Be kind to the lads , most are trying their best as is pep

 

[Trojan1962]

Please no Lewis

 

[Ric]

Much better than I thought tbh.

Man City (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan; Silva, Foden, Grealish; Haaland