MCI vs AVL Dream11 Prediction

Manchester City will be back in action later tonight as they play hosts to Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium up next. In terms of the standings, Manchester City are currently in at the 3rd spot with 35 points to their names. Pep Guardiola’s men have won six games on the bounce in the Premier League and a win for them later tonight could propel them to the top spot. Aston Villa, on the other hand, are in at 11th with 26 points on board and have also displayed reliance and flair in large parts of the ongoing campaign. Due to positive COVID-19 cases, Aston Villa were out of action in the league for quite a while, with their last fixture being a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United earlier this month. Nevertheless, we can expect an enticing game off football with two quality teams on the pitch. With that being said, here is the MCI vs AVL Dream 11 Prediction for the game ahead.

Date: January 20, Wednesday
Kick-Off: 11:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Etihad Stadium

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Manchester City: WWWWW

Aston Villa: DWWDL

Head to Head
From the last six meetings between the two sides, Manchester City have had the upper hand with five wins, while one game ended on level terms.

MCI vs AVL Prediction | MCI vs AVL Starting XI

Manchester City News
Injury Report and Unavailability: Sergio Aguero, Aymeric Laporte and Eric Garcia are in doubt to start.

Expected Changes: Ederson should be starting in at goal, while, Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Stones and Kyle Walker could form the line of defence. Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo and Kevin De Bruyne are expected to feature in the midfield region.  Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez are in contention to lead the attack. They can be added to the MCI vs AVL Dream 11 Prediction side.

MCI Starting XI (likely)
Ederson
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Walker
Gundogan
Rodrigo
K D Bruyne
Sterling
Foden
Mahrez

Aston Villa Team News
Injury Report and Unavailability: Trezeguet and Wesley are in doubt to start for Villa.

Expected Changes: Emiliano Martinez should be starting in at goal, while, Matthew Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings and Matt Targett could line up in defence. Douglas Luiz and McGinn could partner along in central midfield. Anwar El Ghazi, Barkley and Jack Grealish are expected to provide the service to Ollie Watkins up top.

AVL Starting XI (likely)
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Mings
Targett
Luiz
McGinn
Ghazi
Barkley
Grealish
Watkins

MCI vs AVL Today Match Prediction: Who will win MCI vs AVL Dream11 Match today
Both sides have been doing significantly well as per their specific standards set and we could get to witness and entertaining affair. However, Manchester City have looked solid at the back and are also on the back of six consecutive wins in the league which gives them added confidence. With that being said, the MCI vs AVL Today Match Prediction odds are in favor of Manchester City to get the win here.

Captain Options
Kevin De Bruyne has played the anchor role in midfield for Manchester City. The Belgium international has three goals, 10 assists and also has a pass accuracy of 81.5% from 16 appearances in the league this season. He can be added to the MCI vs AVL Dream 11 Team.

Jack Grealish has impressed in the advanced region for Aston Villa. Grealish has five goals, seven assists and also has a pass accuracy of 82.5% from 15 appearances in the league this season.

Phil Foden has done well in recent times and has bagged four goals, two assists and also has a pass accuracy of 88.5% from 13 appearances in the league this season.

Differential Picks
Raheem Sterling is fresh of a hat-trick against Crystal Palace, which takes his tally to five goals and three assists for Manchester City. He is expected to start here.

Ollie Watkins can pack a punch in the forward line for Aston Villa. The centre-forward has six goal and two assists from 15 appearances in the league this season.

Anwar El Ghazi has netted five goals from nine appearances in the league this season for Villa and is likely to start here.

MCI vs AVL Dream11 Teams
Goalkeeper- E Moraes
Defenders- R Dias, J Stones, T Mings, M Targett
Midfielders- P Foden, K D Bruyne (c), J McGinn, J Grealish (vc), A El Ghazi
Forwards- R Sterling