Premier League Round 8 2026-10-24 · 11:30 UTC finished
Prediction
17% Aston Villa (home)
18% Draw
65% Manchester City (away) Model favorite
Expected goals 1.11 — 1.74 Over 2.5 goals: 54% Both teams to score: 55%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Aston Villa Manchester City
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.852.29
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.131.67
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 34
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 15.5 8.8
Matches in the last 7 days 44
Matches in the next 7 days 22
Travel to this match (km) 0110

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Aston Villa vs Manchester City: what the data says

Home last five: 1.60 points, 1.67 xG for, 1.51 against per game. Away: 3.00 / 2.32 / 1.53.

Aston VillaManchester City
1.60 Points per game 3.00
1.40 Goals per match 2.60
1.67 xG per match 2.32

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 65.0% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Aston Villa

  • injured Aaron Wan-Bissaka return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Amadou Onana return: Mid April 2027
  • injured Matteo Ruggeri return: Mid December 2026
  • injured Modou Kéba Cissé return: Back in training

Manchester City

  • injured Antoine Semenyo return: Mid December 2026
  • injured Matheus Nunes return: doubtful

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Aston Villa 7 · 2 2 draws · 21 Manchester City

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-05-24Manchester City 1 - 2Aston Villa
2025-10-26Aston Villa 1 - 0Manchester City
2025-04-22Manchester City 2 - 1Aston Villa
2024-12-21Aston Villa 2 - 1Manchester City
2024-04-03Manchester City 4 - 1Aston Villa
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Data coverage

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