Teamsheets: Man City vs Aston Villa
Written by Dan on October 15, 2011
We’re back in action for what is the first really big test for Alex McLeish since he came to Villa, possibly one of the toughest of the season, but also as good a time as any to play Man City at their own place.
Over the last 10 times this league fixture has been played, we’ve won just two and lost eight times. No wonder the Castrol Football Prediction doesn’t think much of our chances.
Here’s how McLeish is looking to grab something:
| Man City | Aston Villa | ||
| 25 | Joe Hart | 1 | Shay Given |
| 2 | Micah Richards | 2 | Alan Hutton |
| 4 | Vincent Kompany | 5 | Richard Dunne |
| 6 | Joleon Lescott | 21 | Ciaran Clark |
| 22 | Gaël Clichy | 3 | Stephen Warnock |
| 34 | Nigel de Jong | 16 | Fabian Delph |
| 18 | Gareth Barry | 19 | Stiliyan Petrov |
| 42 | Yaya Touré | 7 | Stephen Ireland |
| 11 | Adam Johnson | 18 | Emile Heskey |
| 7 | James Milner | 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| 45 | Mario Balotelli | 9 | Darren Bent |
| Subs | Subs | ||
| 30 | Costel Pantilimon | 22 | Brad Guzan |
| 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | 24 | Carlos Cuellar |
| 28 | Kolo Touré | 31 | Chris Herd |
| 20 | Owen Hargreaves | 12 | Marc Albrighton |
| 19 | Samir Nasri | 25 | Barry Bannan |
| 21 | David Silva | 10 | Charles N’Zogbia |
| 10 | Edin Džeko | 26 | Andreas Weimann |
Castrol Football Prediction
Last 10 results for this fixture:
| Season | Result | Manager | |
| 2000/01 | W | 1 – 3 | John Gregory |
| 2002/03 | L | 3 – 1 | Graham Taylor |
| 2003/04 | L | 4 – 1 | David O’Leary |
| 2004/05 | L | 2 – 0 | David O’Leary |
| 2005/06 | L | 3 – 1 | David O’Leary |
| 2006/07 | W | 0 – 2 | Martin O’Neill |
| 2007/08 | L | 1 – 0 | Martin O’Neill |
| 2008/09 | L | 2 – 0 | Martin O’Neill |
| 2009/10 | L | 3 – 1 | Martin O’Neill |
| 2010/11 | L | 4 – 0 | Gerard Houllier |