Manchester City at Aston Villa 1/12/20 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

By: Paul |

Last Updated: 01/11/2020 at 7:27 PM ET

Aston Villa should be feeling delighted about returning home from a four-match road trip, but they will play host to Manchester City on Sunday. Manchester City have been doing great in other competitions but not in the Premier League this season and the title is almost gone from their reach.

Manchester City (14-5-2) did not have an easy job against Everton in their last league match but prevailed by 1-2 at home. After than they recorded wins in both the FA Cup and in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, beating Manchester United by 3-1 on the road. When it comes to the Premier League, City are third with 44 points, one behind Leicester and 14 behind Liverpool. They have lost more than they should on the road (6-3-1), but have scored multiple goals in 14 of their 16 away matches in all competitions so far.

Aston Villa (6-12-3) are coming into this match after a solid performance at home against Burnley, where they won by 1-2. They were eliminated from the FA Cup by Fulham but played for a 1-1 draw on the road against Leicester in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and will now have a chance to reach the final. Aston Villa are sitting 17th in the league table with 21 points, just one above the red line. They have been quite feisty at home so far (4-4-2) but mediocre lately (2-3-0).

Manchester City have dominated this match-up lately, losing just once in their last 14 matches in all competitions against Aston Villa (11-1-2). They have been quite solid in this venue too over the past two decades (8-4-6), but Aston Villa will fight back. I think that the spread is a little off on this one so I am going with the home team.

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