It will be interesting to see how Man City plays against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...
Manchester City played good football against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium, and if not for a club like Arsenal, Manchester City would have won that match. With what Manchester City played against Arsenal, they are the favorites to win this match. Aston Villa's performance has reduced, and they cannot compete with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester city was not doing so well in the previous match. Haaland was nowhere to be found and it makes him feel so frustrated in that game, many parties were mocking him caused by he was rarely appearing in the game against arsenal since there were two defenders guard him. CIty needs to stop relying on him at upfront and try out a new strategy which will help him by putting more attackers instead of let haaland stand and play alone at upfront, haaland needs someone to help him. Instead of just leaving him alone upfront like when city used 4-1-4-1, they should use a 4-3-3 attacking formation to get more attackers in on the action.
City's got a tough game coming up against Aston Villa and pep shall reconsider in playing fully offensive against villa. Im sure villa will use low block strategy and this can be an opportunity for city to win the game, and I think it'll be easier than the games against Arsenal and Liverpool. But yeah for some reasons, City's still doing pretty well, so they just need to push themselves to play beyond their limts and attack with everything they've got to ensure the club can get three points. that will be very helpful for the club
So, my advice to City must be using 4-3-3 attack formation, play with four backs, and just go all out on attack against aston villa. that's the only way for city to win the game. Through this way city'll have a greater chance of scoring more goals and winning the game.