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The last two Aston Villa vs Manchester City results on our record pull in opposite directions. Villa went to the Etihad Stadium on 24 May 2026, 153 days before this fixture, and won 2-1. Then, 41 days before it, Manchester City won 4-1 at Villa Park in the Women's Super League on 13 September 2026. The men's sides meet again in the Premier League at Villa Park, Birmingham, on Saturday, 24 October 2026, kicking off at 12:30 BST.
The relevant precedent is Aston Villa's 2-1 Premier League win at Manchester City on 24 May 2026, which means Villa arrive having already taken three points off this opponent on City's own ground. That is the only men's league meeting between them in our record, so it is a single result rather than a pattern, but it is a result that cuts against the usual reading of this fixture.
The September meeting at Villa Park was a Women's Super League game, a different competition and a different set of players. Treat it as a separate piece of football.
Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six matches, with five wins and one draw, 16 points, 18 goals scored and six conceded. That is the form of a side playing with real confidence, and the detail underneath it is strange: Villa have won 4 of 4 away from home in that run, but only 1 of 2 at Villa Park.
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