Aston Villa (A) - Wed 6th Dec, 20:15 | PL | Pre Match Thread

[bellsouth]

Might as well give Phillips some minutes, we’re going to drop points anyway

I wonder under what circumstances Pep would play or even bring him on? It’s a bit odd he even picks him in the matchday squad

 

[blue for life]

Would take a draw now considering the players who are going to be out. If we win that would be a huge boost

 

[TrentGrisham]

---------------Ederson
Akanji---Dias---Gvaridol---Ake
----------Nunes---Lewis
Bobb--------Foden--------Alvarez
------------Haaland

 

[117 M34]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Stones
Are
Kovacic
Nunes
Bernard
Foden
Doku
Haaland

 

[super_city_si]

Changed my mind.

Ederson
Lewis akanji Dias ake
Stones kovacic
Bernardo Alvarez foden
Haaland

Let Lewis roam into midfield and have akanji cover
Get control

 

[Eoiyflem]

First time I've voted loss. Can't see us winning for the first time in 5 years.

No rodri, grealish, doku, stones, KDB etc...

Dias, walker and akanji playing like absolute fucking dog shit

I hope I'm wrong and it's a catalyst but villa at 16/5 at home looks mega.

 

[chaddblue]

Probably a game where we'll go and win comfortably against all the odds

 

[Vester]

70% in the poll (me included) currently thinking City will fail to win against Aston Villa. Considering how poor we are right now and the squad being so thin thanks to our awful summer window, who can blame anyone not feeling confident at the moment.

 

[Blu1]

Set up like we have these last few games villa will walk through us on the counter.

Leave haaland alone up top & stop their midfield & counters.

 

[Damanino]

Emery using counter attacks very well this season. they can be a bit naive like in first round vs Castle, but since then they are quite decent going forward causing problems to all their opponents.

defend like we did vs Chelsea or Spurs and its almost certain we concede more than 1 goal here.

only we scored more in 14 round than Villa so far, and they scored the most at home, and have a 6/6 record at home. they hoping for lucky number 7 next game.

we failed to win this fixture last year, was 1-0 up then throw it away second half.

this is a pretty hard game and Arse/Pool wants nothing else more than us dropping points here as well making it 4 games in a row without a win.