We need to get back to winning ways and now face Derby at home.
They are in 10th and will be looking to win to move away from the relegation area so we will have a battle here. They have a full squad available where we have Kimmich out suspended in defence and Broadhead out injured for a couple of games in midfield.
We will look at who is available and rotate where needed.
an all london derby as we travel to stamford bridge who are surprisingly umanaged so can we capatalize on them having no manager but i want to try and bring home at least a point if i can
Aston Villa vs Manchester City
The first game of the second half of the season sees us entertain Man City. The Citizens beat us comfortably - 2-0 - on opening day so we are desperately out for revenge in this one. They sit 6th but only five points behind us meaning a loss would really drag us back into the pack. A win - particularly with Bournemouth playing Liverpool could see us open back up some space.
We have recovered the extra time fitness issues that we had before the last game but Marc Guehi will be serving a one match ban following his sending off. However Man City are in a worse spot with key midfielders Luiz Diaz and Scott McTominay both out for this game with suspensions. With the impact that'll have on their midfield and with the fitness issues they have in defence I wouldn't be surprised if we find ourselves facing three up front. Bearing that in mind we may setup cautiously to try and see off their goalscoring threat.
We definitely go into this one as favourites but we did the last game and then came unstuck. That result is still pretty fresh in the minds and we want to make absolutely sure it doesn't happen again
