Aston Villa (H) - Sun 22nd May, 16:00 (BST) | Pre-Match Thread

[kaz7]

Have to win , will win

Heart attacks all round however

 

[dave_blue12]

Ake is clearly not fit or he would be playing.

If we get an early goal we will be okay but with no fit defenders........

 

[Cobwebcat]

Historically we are very strong against Villa

Clubs​

Strong against	Games	Goals	Elo Points		Weak against	Games	Goals	Elo Points
Man United	122	166-174	+179.9		Liverpool	110	122-198	-121.7
Aston Villa	101	166-117	+162.4		Arsenal	124	140-202	-118.5
Sheffield United	56	96-59	+97.7		Wolves	86	150-167	-94.9
Portsmouth	56	100-71	+89.7		Southampton	82	119-103	-81.9
Burnley	66	127-80	+79.3		Blackburn	52	75-79	-59.4

 

[Elliot houghton]

Watkins on the counter against dinho gives me nightmares

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Cancelo Mbete Laporte Ake

We can’t play the same defence, Wolves should have scored a couple more on Wednesday and we were very lucky to get away with a draw today.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Antonio caused the patched up defence problems today and they’re going to face similar in Watkins next week

Antonio’s a different kettle of fish to Watkins, much more physical and not as quick. And a bit of a cnut after today too.

 

[ctwrd]

Ake at left back is a good shout

 

[117 M34]

Come next Sunday afternoon will the trophy now be in a helicopter half way along the East Lancs Road, awaiting the call to fly east or west?

No that never happens.
There are 2 trophies that are slightly different. The 'real' one will be at city and the spare at anfield.

 

[lightning Rodri]

The positive from today's game, apart from the point of course, is we know we need to win, no half minds.
Let's hope Ake is fit enough to start at LB or CB.

 

[Father Paul]

Live on Sky Sports for those in the UK. Kick off time 16:00 (BST).

Just happy it's still in our hands (just our hands) after that one.

Liverpool play Southampton in mid-week which could obviously change the situation in this game.

For now this game just became a lot bigger, a proper cup final that we now have to win to be sure.

Injuries at the back are causing us a lot of problems.

Team Prediction:
----------------------------Ederson
Cancelo---Fernandinho---Laporte---Zinchenko
-------------------------------Rodri
-------------De Bruyne-----------Bernardo
Sterling------------------Jesus---------------------Foden


Going to assume Ake isn't fit.

If that back line ever turns out for City again I give up in despair.