Nicolas Jackson fired Aston Villa in an early lead against Manchester Cityas they look to end the Premier League leaders’ perfect start to the domestic season.
Jackson scored after just six minutes at Villa Park to give the in-form hosts, unbeaten in their last six, the lead on a stormy day in the West Midlands.
John McGinn quickly capitalized on a strong touch from Marc Guehi, before the Villa captain fed Jackson down the left.
The Senegal forward skipped past the sliding Elliot Anderson before curling an effort into the roof of the net to spark cheers from the home crowd.
After a frantic opening, Iliman Ndiaye’s drive was impressively denied by Zion Suzuki in the Villa goal as Enzo Maresca’s men go in search of an eighth straight La Liga win.
Jackson dragged a shot wide minutes later as City’s defense looked a little shaky in the early exchanges.
Team news
Aston Villa: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Gomes, Alysson, Manzambi, McGinn, Jackson
Substitutions: Bizot, Mings, Barkley, Buendia, Mbaye, Bogarde, Goretzka, Madjo, Hemmings
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Guardiol, Anderson, Fernandez, Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Rulli, Kovacic, Ait-Nouri, Reis, Bouaddi, O’Reilly, Foden, McAidoo, Lewis
Where to watch Aston Villa v Manchester City: TV and online streaming
Aston Villa versus Manchester City kicks off at 12:30pm BST on Saturday 24th October at Villa Park.
The match is live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK and you can stream it on the HBO Max app. In the US, it’s on NBC Sports at 7:30am ET.
Details of the global issue can be found at premierleague.com.
Aston Villa-Manchester City statistics
Villa are winless in all three home league games so far (D1 L2), their worst run at the start of a campaign since 2015-16 (9)
As well as having the most goals (8), Erling Haaland has had the most shots (27) and shots on target (13) of any player in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa have won four of their last six Premier League games against Manchester City, as many as in their previous 35 against them.
Man City have lost their last two league games against Aston Villa, last losing three in a row between August 1962 and September 1966.
