Aston Villa team news vs Man City confirmed as Duran and Onana start

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has named his starting XI to take on Man City in the Premier League this afternoon.

He has made one change from the side which lost 2-1 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground last weekend. In comes Amadou Onana for Diego Carlos, who isn't named in the squad.

From back to front, Emi Martinez starts in goal behind a defence made up of Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres and Lucas Digne. Boubacar Kamara partners Onana in midfield, while John McGinn plays from the right and Morgan Rogers from the left. Youri Tielemans is expected to partner Jhon Duran in attack.

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Eight defeats in Man City's past 11 matches in all competitions is as many as they lost in their previous 106 fixtures. They are winless in seven successive away games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 10 from January to April 2011 under Roberto Mancini.

Villa will leapfrog City if they claim their third successive home league win today, but they've only taken one point from their five fixtures against teams currently above them in the table this season. Despite that, Emery's side are on a seven-match unbeaten home run in the Premier League, while their only defeat in the past 13 top-flight games at Villa Park was 2-0 against Arsenal in August.

Villa starting XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers, Duran.

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Maatsen, Bailey, Barkley, Buendia, Watkins.

Man City starting XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Haaland.

Subs: Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee.

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