1-1, 0-0!The Champions League champion is drawn, with a total price of 14.5 billion, Manchester City fights the dark horse, losing = withdrawing from the championship
The 2023/24 Premier League season has entered the final sprint stage, and the title race has also entered the white heat, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are competing for the top three, but in April, the Premier League title pattern has changed drastically, Manchester City has faced the title rival Liverpool in two consecutive rounds, Arsenal suffered a draw, not only missed the opportunity to reach the top, but was opened by Liverpool 3 points gap, the road to defending the Premier League has become difficult, but Guardiola has no respite, the next devil's schedule is coming, and he will withdraw from the championship in advance if he is not careful.
At 3:15 a.m. on April 4, Beijing time, the 31st round of the English Premier League will usher in a key battle, Manchester City is at home to face the big dark horse Aston Villa, the first leg of this season, Manchester City lost away, Guardiola ushered in a chance for revenge, but in 7 days of three high-intensity games let Manchester City full of injuries, if Manchester City can not get all three points in this game, then it will be announced that it will withdraw from the championship early.
This week, the Premier League enters a double week, for Manchester City, the schedule in April is very intensive, there will be 9 games throughout April, an average of one game every 3 days, of which the Premier League will be against Villa, Luton, Brighton and Nottingham Forest, the Champions League home and away two legs against Real Madrid, plus the FA Cup semi-finals with Chelsea, Manchester City is under pressure on the third line, the slightest accident will collapse the third line, and the season will be empty.
Manchester City vs. Aston Villa, Guardiola has the most luxurious squad in Europe with 1.27 billion euros, with Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden, Alvarez, B seat, Rodri, Ake, Dias, Gvardiol and other stars. As for Aston Villa, Emery has a squad of 646 million euros, with Watkins, Pele, Diaby, Tielemans, McGinn, Mings and other famous players, and the value of the two teams is as high as 14.5 billion yuan.
Looking at the recent form of both teams, Manchester City are unbeaten in 23 consecutive games in all competitions, with the last defeat coming back in the 15th round of the Premier League in early December last year, when Manchester City were beaten 1-0 away by Aston Villa. Manchester City are still in danger of defending the treble, reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, third in the Premier League and the last four of the FA Cup. Aston Villa's recent form has been up and down, reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and temporarily finishing fourth in the Premier League, but are being chased by Tottenham behind them.
Judging from the injury situation of the two teams, Manchester City, Walker, Stones, Ake may not be able to play due to injury, Aston Villa, top scorer Watkins is injured and will return at the end of the month, Kamara, Ramsey, Mings, Hause, Cash are injured and cannot play.
Judging from the statistics of the two teams, Manchester City scored 63 goals and conceded 28 goals in the Premier League, while Aston Villa also scored 62 goals, only 1 less than Manchester City, but the defense conceded 42, and the attack was strong and the defense was weak. A total of 14 players in the Manchester City squad scored, with Foden, Erling Haaland, Alvarez and Bench B in double figures. A total of 16 players in Villa's squad have scored, with Ollie Watkins netting 22 goals and 10 assists in all competitions.
Judging from the head-to-head record of the two teams, Manchester City have lost only one game in the last 10 meetings, including at home, Manchester City have maintained a 13-game winning streak against Villa. Manchester City's last round of 47 consecutive home goals at home was ended by Arsenal, the score of 0-0 for the first time in the last 76 Premier League games, Guardiola is under tremendous pressure, and the next game can not afford to lose points again, this game against Emery, Manchester City's only win to keep the title hopes, optimistic that Manchester City will bottom out and rebound, and break out to revenge Villa.