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Aston Villa face Manchester City in a match of the 14th round of the Premier League. Over the weekend, the Villans defeated Crystal Palace 2-1, recording their second consecutive success under the leadership of Steven Gerrard. Like the success against Brighton, Aston Villa made the most of the situation he created. With an asset of 16 points, Villa occupies a position in the second half of the standings, but with a good result on Wednesday can climb in the standings.

As I predicted, Manchester City beat West Ham in a game without many goals. In defense, the Hammers did their best, but they had serious problems in the invading second-half champions of the champions. It is no coincidence that Ilkay Gundogan and Fernandinho scored both goals for Man City. Ederson was very close to recording a dry net number 100 for the Citizens, but a beautiful performance by Manuel Lansini at the very end of the match prevented him from doing so.

Certainly the quality in the composition of Manchester City is higher than in Aston Villa and the guests are the favorite for the three points. This season, however, the "Citizens" several times failed against rivals who play very successfully on the counterattack. Man City lost to Tottenham 1-0 at the beginning of the season, and a few weeks ago lost 2-0 to host Crystal Palace. I expect that Steven Gerrard's approach in the match will be for such a game.

Even with Dean Smith, the Villans had strong moments in front of their fans and kept a dry net against Everton and Newcastle at an earlier stage of the season. Despite the two victories in the last two rounds, I am not convinced that the attack of Aston Villa works successfully and I do not see how the attack of the hosts will overcome one of the best defenses in the league. In this situation, a bet that at least one of the two teams will keep a dry net, seems to me a logical and best choice for Wednesday's match.