Aston Villa vs Manchester City: Premier League – teams, prediction, lineups
Man City are the only team with a perfect Premier League record, but face a Villa side determined to climb the table.
Who: Aston Villa vs Manchester City What: English Premier League Where: Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom When: Saturday, October 22 at 12:30pm (11:30 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera will bring you all the build-up, before our live text commentary stream from 9:30am (08:30 GMT).
Manchester City can continue to put their off-field woes to one side in Saturday’s early kickoff in the Premier League when they travel to Aston Villa, where they will move six points clear at the top with a win.
Holders Arsenal entertain Everton later in the day and will very much hope to extend their winning run in the league to a third match.
Maresca said the mood in the dressing room remained buoyant despite the cloud hanging over the club.