Aston Villa FC v Manchester City FC

Matty Cash is suspended for Aston Villa's match at Manchester United after accumulating five yellow cards, the latest for a foul against Fulham.

Aston Villa drew with Fulham, and individual mistakes cost the side in that match.

Aston Villa drew with Fulham in their most recent match.

Aston Villa were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham at Villa Park.

Manchester City lost 0-1 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Manchester City lost 1-0 at home to Brighton, their second successive Premier League defeat.

Manchester City lost back-to-back Premier League matches, the latest a 1-0 home defeat to Brighton at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City lost 1-0 to Brighton despite registering 21 shots on target without scoring and an xG of 1.92 compared with Brighton's 1.00.

Leon Goretzka will not feature until at least October after a knee injury setback.

Ibrahim M'Baye has arrived to fill the gap left by Morgan Rogers.

Ian Maatsen has an ankle problem and is sidelined until November.

Emiliano Buendía is injured with a knee problem and is expected out until October.

Brian Madjo is injured with an ankle problem and is expected out until October.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka was withdrawn at half-time for Aston Villa.

Matty Cash returned from injury to strengthen Aston Villa's defence.

Zion Suzuki moved to Aston Villa from Parma for a fee around £30m in August.

Matteo Ruggeri joined Aston Villa from Atletico Madrid in August.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis started for Aston Villa.

Matteo Ruggeri reacted to Riccardo Calafiori's goal on social media.

Matteo Ruggeri has a hamstring injury and will be out for more than one month.

Manchester City signed Marc Guehi in January.

Antoine Semenyo is an able deputy centre-forward for Manchester City if Erling Haaland is unavailable.

Ayyoub Bouaddi was signed from Lille in August.

Josko Gvardiol signed a new five-year contract with Manchester City during the summer.

Iliman Ndiaye assisted a goal for Manchester City.

Nico O'Reilly started for England against Spain.

Manchester City's deal for Elliot Anderson was agreed before they knew of the verdict on their financial rule breaches.

Mateo Kovacic missed a big chance for Croatia.

Jeremy Doku came on as a substitute and scored.

Erling Haaland joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022.

Rúben Dias joined Manchester City from Benfica in 2020.

Gianni Infantino, then Uefa's general secretary, was claimed to have played a key role in ensuring PSG and Manchester City avoided more severe sanctions in 2014.