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JOE KRISHNAN

Man City 3-0 Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League 2019/20 result - as it happened at the Etihad

Welcome to the Evening Standard's coverage of Manchester City vs Aston Villa LIVE, with kick-off at 12:30pm BST today.

Man City eventually eased to a 3-0 victory over Villa at the Etihad Stadium to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Villa held City to a goalless first half, but Raheem Sterling scored 20 seconds after the restart to put the hosts 1-0 up. City went two ahead following a lengthy VAR review, and Ilkay Gundogan soon added a third.

Prediction: Man City 3-0 Villa - you fancy the hosts to ease to victory here.

Live stream/TV: BT Sport 1, with coverage from 12m. BT Sport subscribers can stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

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Team news and lineups

Man City XI: Ederson, Joao Cancelo, Stones, Fernandinho, Mendy, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling

Subs: Bravo, Walker, Aguero, Jose Angelino, Mahrez, Otamendi, Foden

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett, Nakamba, Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Wesley

Subs: Taylor, Lansbury, Steer, Hourihane, Konsa, El Ghazi, Davis

Referee: Graham Scott

Head to Head record (H2H)

This will be the 170th meeting between these two sides with City winning 71 of those.

Villa have 57 wins to their name - the last a 3-2 win at Villa Park in 2013.

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