Marcus Rashford can fire Aston Villa to victory against Manchester City in Champions League qualification showdown
Manchester City entertain Aston Villa in a high-stakes Premier League shootout which doubles as a potential dress rehearsal for next month’s FA Cup final. How good is this going to be?
With the title race all over bar the shouting and an open top bus หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล parade around Liverpool, and the relegation battle also settled bar a freak set of results, the chase for Champions League qualification takes centre stage.
Champions elect Liverpool and second-placed Arsenal are certainties to be in next term’s competition but the other three places are up for grabs with Newcastle, City, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Villa all in contention.
Celebrating a maximum haul of points when the final whistle blows at the Etihad Stadium will give the victors a major boost in their quest to finish in the top five – enough to qualify this time – and there is little margin for error with a blanket covering the runners.
Since losing to Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League and then being beaten at home by Liverpool,. City have won six and drawn two of their last nine games but still don’t compare to previous deluxe editions fielde by Pep Guardiola.
Meanwhile, Villa’s only defeat in the last 11 outings was the 3-1 reversal against Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final first leg in the French capital – and they then exite the competition on their shields following a ferocious fight in Birmingham.
Their most recent outing was the stunning 4-1 home win against a Newcastle side which was flying, and they have the attacking prowess to carve open a City rearguard still susceptible to defensive mishaps.
Marcus Rashford has returne to somewhere near his best form since leaving Manchester United in January to join Villa on loan and has score three times while providing six assists.
He will be a thorn in Pep’s side and can add to the six goals he has registere against his neighbours in a United shirt – three of them at the Etihad – by netting at any time at 14/5 with Unibet.