Man City make the bigger reshuffle for this Gameweek 8 meeting at Villa Park (kick-off 12:30 on Saturday 24 October 2026), with five changes. Aston Villa make three.
City arrive top of the table with seven wins from seven, 21 points and a goal difference of +12. Villa are 12th with eight points from seven games.
Aston Villa
Villa make three changes from the 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on 17 October.
Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen and John McGinn come in. Emiliano Buendía and Tyrone Mings drop to the bench. Aaron Wan-Bissaka is not in the matchday squad. FPL lists him as injured with a hamstring injury, expected back on 21 November.
- 1 Zion Suzuki (goalkeeper)
- 3 Victor Lindelöf (defender)
- 8 Boubacar Kamara (defender)
- 14 Pau Torres (defender)
- 2 Matty Cash (defender)
- 22 Ian Maatsen (defender)
- 7 John McGinn (midfielder)
- 35 João Gomes (midfielder)
- 44 Johan Manzambi (midfielder)
- 47 Alysson (forward)
- 11 Nicolas Jackson (forward)
Man City
City make five changes from the 3-2 win over Ipswich Town on 17 October.
Josko Gvardiol, Abdukodir Khusanov, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández and Rayan Cherki come in. Phil Foden, Nico O'Reilly, Mateo Kovacic and Ayyoub Bouaddi move to the bench. Matheus Nunes is not in the matchday squad. FPL lists him as doubtful with an unspecified injury and a 75% chance of playing.
- 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (goalkeeper)
- 6 Marc Guehi (defender)
- 3 Rúben Dias (defender)
- 24 Josko Gvardiol (defender)
- 45 Abdukodir Khusanov (defender)
- 5 Elliot Anderson (midfielder)
- 17 Enzo Fernández (midfielder)
- 7 Iliman Ndiaye (forward)
- 9 Erling Haaland (forward)
- 10 Rayan Cherki (forward)
- 11 Jérémy Doku (forward)
MFF's match model prediction is Aston Villa 1-2 Man City.
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