🚨 Man City and Aston Villa name XIs for intriguing Midlands clash
Aston Villa and Manchester City have named their starting XIs for Saturday's early kick off in Birmingham.
The reigning Premier League champions travel south in the midst of their worst crisis since the Stuart Pearce days.
Here are the teams ...
Today's starting lineup 🤛 #AVLMCI pic.twitter.com/eNJBos85r9
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 21, 2024
Squad for this afternoon 📋
XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Foden, Grealish, Haaland
SUBS | Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/pZ4vlkXY16— Manchester City (@ManCity) December 21, 2024
Pep Guardiola's men are on a run of one win in 11 and could be leapfrogged by Villa should the home side win today.
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