Aston Villa vs Manchester City predictions: can Villa stop Ellyn Harland?

Aston Villa vs Manchester City: Key Stats

• Man City's 42.71 TP3T win over Aston Villa before the game Opta supercomputerThe simulation.
• Erling Harland has scored in 12 consecutive games for the club and the country.
• Manchester City have won more points in the Premier League than any other team on the other side since the beginning of April.

MANCHESTER Manchester City will be hoping that Erling Harland will meet resurgent Aston Villa in what will be a tantalizing Premier League clash on Sunday.

Norwegian talisman Haaland has been in bizarre form lately, scoring in 12 consecutive games for club and country, breaking the league with a 2-0 win over Villarreal in the European Championships on Tuesday.

His goal-scoring heroics have helped Guardiola's side rise to second in the table. They are three points behind early leaders Arsenal, with Harland also scoring in a 1-1 draw last month.

In fact, the Manchester City striker has scored in his last five games away from home in Premier League appearances, including the last one of the season at Fulham. The only other player to score in consecutive away club games is Sergio Aguero, who scored seven times Between March and August 2017 consecutively.

Harland has also accounted for five of City's seven away league games All four trips in the 2025-26 season have seen goals scored against Wolves in the lead-up to games against Brighton and Hove Albion, Arsenal and Brentford.

He will now aim for Thierry Henry's feat in the 2001-02 season Arsenal, Liverpool in the 2021-22 season and Jarrod's Mohamed Salah Bowen played for West Ham United in the 2023-24 season, the only player in the Premier League The first goal scored by every team in league history Five away games at the start of a season.

Despite how Harland's lethal form, City have also made progress the other end of the pitch. They have kept more zero goals conceded Premier League than any other team (12) since they lost 5-1 to Arsenal last February, and Gianluigi Donnarumma has adapted well to the goals that Ederson's replacement is aiming for this season.

Only Arsenal's goals-against average rivals City's (both 15 0.68 over the same 22-game period), helping Guardiola's side to continue their strong form since the latter part of last season.

Manchester City have won more points in the competition than any other team since the beginning of April (39 - W12 D3 L2), conceding only the first goal scored in two games during this period. They have also opened Scored in their last six games, their best winning streak since six consecutive games 2024 There were eight between April and August.

Still, Sunday's test for Villa could be a tough one Their five-game winning streak in all competitions was halted by Thursday's 2-1 loss to Go Ahead Eagles Alliance in the UEFA Cup. Evan Guessand opened the scoring for the visitors early on, only for the Dutch side to score twice before Emiliano Buendía conceded a penalty to make it 2-2.

Villa have won their last three Premier League games, after failing to win any of their first five (D3 L2) to start their 2025-26 season. The only top-flight team with a history of five winless starts before winning their next game Preston North End had four games in the 1936-37 season.

Unai Emery's side beat an impressive Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in their last league game, falling behind Rodrigo Bentancur's early opener in front of Morgan Rodgers equalized with his first top-flight goal of the season. Buendia came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal to cap off a pretty good game Moving between Atleti Cash and Lucas Digne shot into the bottom left corner with just 13 points Minutes left.

Emery may avoid the temptation to reward Buendia's excellent shooting with a debut, as no player in the Premier League this season has come off the bench to score and assist more than his three goals and assists combined (two goals, one assist).

The Argentine hopes that Thursday's penalty defeat will not, however, affect his chances of starting and will be looking to score for the first time in consecutive Premier League matches Sunday.

Villa have now won their last two Premier League matches, when they conceded a goal first and also beat Fulham 3-1. Since Emery's first game at the club was in November 2022, only Sunday's opponent Pep Guardiola (14 games) has won more than Emery (11) after conceding first.

Emery will have a clear target for improvement at the back, considering Villa have conceded 5 of their last 7 Premier League goals from set pieces (1 x penalty, 1 x pass, 3 x corner).

They have conceded from corners in their last three games, and the last team to concede from corners in four consecutive games was Newcastle United in April/May 2024. The last time Villa did so was in November/December 2010, and the last team to concede from a corner in four consecutive games was Newcastle United in April/May 2024.

As for team news, Villa will be without Yuri Tilemans (leg injury), while City are likely to remain without Rodri (thigh) and Abdelkodir Husanov (ankle).

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Head-to-Head

Aston Villa have won their last two home league games Manchester City. They haven't won more consecutive matches since five in a row between 1960 and They play their visitors 1975.

Jon Doolan and Rodgers scored in this game last season, replacing Phil Foden's stoppage-time goal that provided consolation for the 2-1 loss at Villa Park in December.

However, City have won 31 games and scored 101 goals Premier League Villa - only against Newcastle (32 wins, 106 goals) they have done more.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City Predictions

Opta supercomputerSlightly favored to win on the road as Man City won simulation by 10,000% in 42.7 pre-match.

Aston Villa still have a 31.9% chance of winning, while a draw is 25.4%.