Both revelling in three-game Premier League winning runs, Aston Villa and Manchester City endeavour to prolong their pleasing top-flight sequences in Sunday afternoon's showdown at Villa Park.

The Lions have well and truly turned a corner in the 2025-26 season, prevailing in each of their last three Premier League fixtures after failing to win any of their first five games of the new term.

Unai Emery 's men also arrived in the Netherlands for Thursday's Europa League clash with Go Ahead Eagles with a five-game victorious run across all tournaments, but that streak was snapped in a shock 2-1 loss .

On the other hand, Pep Guardiola 's Man City strode past Villarreal 2-0 in the Champions League to remain on their upward trajectory, and the Citizens enter Sunday's fixt

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