Aston Villa vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Leon Bailey nets crucial winner

Guardiola makes two changes to the side that drew with Spurs on Sunday, and they're both enforced. Stones is back from injury to line up alongside Akanji in midfield, with Lewis also being brought in. Jeremy Doku is injured, while Rodri is suspended along with Jack Grealish after both received their fifth bookings of the season in that game. Nunes is back on the bench after passing a late fitness test.

There is just one change by Unai Emery from their draw with Bournemouth last time out. Kamara is back from a ban, so he comes straight back in to partner Watkins up top. Zaniolo drops to the bench.

MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Mateo Kovacic, Nathan Ake, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gomez, Matheus Nunes, Scott Carson, Stefan Ortega, Oscar Bobb.

MANCHESTER CITY STARTING XI (3-2-4-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol; John Stones, Manuel Akanji; Bernardo Silva, Rico Lewis, Julian Alvarez, Phil Foden; Erling Haaland.

ASTON VILLA SUBS: Jacob Ramsey, Moussa Diaby, Nicolo Zaniolo, Filip Marschall, Alex Moreno, Jhon Duran, Leander Dendoncker, Clement Lenglet, Matty Cash.

ASTON VILLA STARTING XI (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez; Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne; Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn; Boubacar Kamara, Ollie Watkins.

As for City, they're looking to keep pace with the top of the table, and after Arsenal's win yesterday, they can close the gap back to three points with a win here. Pep Guardiola's side are unbeaten in their last nine matches in all competitions (W6 D3), but they've drawn their last three in the league, dropping leads in all of those games against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham. They've not had a winless run that long since 2017, and they'll be looking to get back to winning way here.

Villa have made a flying start to the season, starting the day (fourth) in the table, with the opportunity to leapfrog today's opponents with a win here. They've lost just one of their last 12 games in all competitions (W9 D2), prolonging that run by coming from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Bournemouth at the weekend. They've struggled against City in recent times though, failing to win any of their last 13 Premier League games against them (D2 L11). However, they're currently on a 13-match winning run at home, the longest such run in the division.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League meeting between Aston Villa and Manchester City at Villa Park!

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Diego Carlos, Torres, Digne; McGinn, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Tielemans, Bailey; Watkins

Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Stones, Lewis; Foden, Bernardo, Alvarez; Haaland