{"id":6855,"date":"2022-05-20T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:43:43","slug":"manchester-city-vs-aston-villa-prediction-and-betting-odds-premier-league-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/soccer\/manchester-city-vs-aston-villa-prediction-and-betting-odds-premier-league-may-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City vs Aston Villa Prediction and Betting Odds | Premier League May 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City vs Aston Villa Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Manchester City vs Aston Villa betting preview for Sunday, May 22 on the final match day of the English Premier League season. Manchester City won the reverse fixture 2-1 back in December at Villa Park with goals by Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sunday, May 22<\/th>\nPremier League Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Manchester City:<\/td>\n-600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aston Villa:<\/td>\n+1700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Draw:<\/td>\n+700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total:<\/td>\n3.25 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Time:<\/td>\n11:00am ET \/ 8:00am PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Manchester City vs Aston Villa Analysis<\/h2>\n

Former Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard will head into the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon no doubt conscious of the fact his Aston Villa side could potentially hand his former club the title if they can engineer a result from this game.<\/p>\n

Manchester City sits just one point clear of Liverpool in first place, but will be wary of a Villa side who has lost just once away from home across their last six road trips in the EPL.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa\u2019s Poor Record At The Etihad<\/h3>\n

While Steven Gerrard would no doubt love to hand his old club the title here, in order to do that, Villa have to overcome a really miserable record when travelling to the blue side of Manchester.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Villains\u2019 have failed to score a single goal in five of their last six meetings against Manchester City at the Etihad and have been outscored by a colossal 21-2 goal margin over those six games as well.<\/p>\n

City Looks To Get Back In Top Shape Defensively<\/h3>\n

Both John Stones and Kyle Walker will look to get back into the squad ahead of this weekend\u2019s game after both men were previously ruled out for the season.<\/p>\n

That would be a welcome sight for Pep Guardiola as their defensive presence has been immense this season, especially with Kyle Walker\u2019s ability to roam forward and create attacks for the \u2018Cityzens\u2019 as well.<\/p>\n

The good news for Manchester City fans however is that while both players remain doubtful ahead of this game, they were both involved in first team training on Thursday, so a much needed appearance could be made by either man here on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Manchester City vs Aston Villa\u00a0Prediction<\/h2>\n

With such a short turnaround for Aston Villa in this one after Thursday\u2019s 1-1 draw against Burnley, a lot of people likely assume all the value is on City here, but -2 is an absolutely huge handicap line and we\u2019re going to back against that and take the Villains in this spot catching a +2 goal headstart here on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa have been very solid defensively of late, giving up the fourth fewest goals on the road in the league since April 1st and have the fourth-best defensive xGA rating over that time as well behind only the three big boys of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Manchester City only needs to win this game on Sunday, and additional style points simply won\u2019t matter, so if City get a somewhat comfortable lead in this one they\u2019ll likely just go into protection mode and to try and see out the rest of the game and claim the title.<\/p>\n

Because of that we\u2019re taking Aston Villa on Sunday on the +2 handicap line to see out a close, competitive game here on Sunday against Manchester City over at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

Soccer Betting 101<\/h3>\n

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