Two clubs in the top half of the Premier League table will do battle today in a league match between Aston Villa and Manchester City. The first-division clash scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on NBC.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini had this to offer following the club's disappointing draw in Champions League play on Tuesday (via the Daily Star): "It was a very important game [against Roma]. When you are at home, it is never good just to draw, but we played against a very strong team. We did not play very well, especially in the first half. Maybe we were not accurate in our passing."
"When we lost too many balls, we did not have enough midfielders to recover," he added. I think the most problem was we lost possession from many easy passes."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Aston Villa's Fabian Delph has been instrumental in the club's early season success. The 24-year-old is averaging 1.3 tackles and 2.5 take-ons per match.
Aston Villa's Projected Lineup (4-5-1): Guzan; Cissokho, Baker, Senderos, Hutton; Richardson, Delph, Westwood, Cleverley, Weimann; Agbonlahor
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Hart; Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Zabaleta; Silva, Fernandinho, Toure, Milner; Aguero, Dzeko
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (statistics and lineups via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
Chelsea |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
|||
|
2 |
Southampton |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
|||
|
3 |
Manchester City |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
|||
|
4 |
Arsenal |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
10 |
|||
|
5 |
Swansea City |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
|||
|
6 |
Aston Villa |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
10 |
|||
|
7 |
Manchester United |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
8 |
|||
|
8 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|||
|
9 |
Crystal Palace |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
|||
|
10 |
West Bromwich Albion |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
|||
|
11 |
Stoke City |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
|||
|
12 |
Leicester City |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
-1 |
8 |
|||
|
13 |
West Ham United |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
|||
|
14 |
Liverpool |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
7 |
|||
|
15 |
Everton |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
-2 |
6 |
|||
|
16 |
Hull City |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
-2 |
6 |
|||
|
17 |
Sunderland |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
5 |
|||
|
18 |
Queens Park Rangers |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
-9 |
4 |
|||
|
19 |
Newcastle United |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
3 |
|||
|
20 |
Burnley |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
-7 |
3 |
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