Welcome to the Evening Standard’s coverage of Manchester City vs Aston Villa LIVE, with kick-off at 12:30pm BST today.
Man City welcome Villa to the Etihad Stadium looking to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool.
These two teams faced on September 25 where Man City was upset at home in the Capital One Cup by a score of 4-2.
Villa joined Liverpool and Manchester United as the only three teams to defeat Man City at home this year.
A win for Manchester City will boost them into first place, possibly for a couple of hours as Manchester United travels to Norwich for a night game.
Prediction: Man City 3-0 Villa – both Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus are in fine goal scoring form, and you fancy the hosts to ease to victory whoever is given the nod.
Live stream/TV: BT Sport 1, with coverage from 12m. BT Sport subscribers can stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
Follow the action at the Etihad!
Starting XI: Heaton; Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett; Nakamba; Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Grealish; Wesley.
Starting XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Stones, Mendy, Gundogan, Silva (C), De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Jesus.
