Manchester City v Aston Villa Match Thread

[usav]

That’s the weirdest lineup ever

Are we throwing this fixture?

Essentially, yes.

[PhilVill]

That's screams 'Saturday is far more important' .

[WarszaVillan]

How odd?!

[Astnor]

Also Man City goes starts with first eleven players on the bench. Most suprise line ups ever.

[Demitri_C]

Yep seems to me unais happy to take a hit and rest the players like pau and bailey for saturday as a more winnable game.

Ill be stunned if that team gets anything tonight

[Sexual Ealing]

Well we better win on Saturday.

[Hookeysmith]

Gulp

[PeterWithesShin]

We should smash them.

[charleeco7]

Maybe he just thinks the squad is that thin he can’t afford to lose certain players. Pau being one.

[enigma]

Weird line ups from both teams. Pau on the bench?

[brontebilly]

Are we sitting this one out?

Looks like it. Might come out afterwards that players are carrying knocks or illness. I'm assuming this is Tim's first league start for us?

[AV84]

Well, I hope all the "free hit" people are satisfied with that line up!

I'm quite excited to see how it goes.

[PaulWinch again]

No Pau, Bailey or Tielemans. Yikes, I hope to be proved wrong but I fear Unai has overthought this.

[Villan82]

Three games in seven days folks.

I wouldn't want to be in the trenches with some here FFS

[Astnor]

Can be interesting match though, Zaniolo up against Givardiol can be some encounters.