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Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa failed to win any of their first six games this season, scoring just twice during that run, but have improved markedly since with six victories in their last seven matches.
They became the only team in top-flight history to have a five-game winless start in the league and then win the next four games since Preston in 1936-37.
The only blot was Thursday's loss in Europe, but they put that behind them with an impressive shut-out against one of the division's form teams.
Villa have been transformed since the arrival of Unai Emery from Villarreal, taking a side that were three points above the relegation zone to the Champions League - and narrowly missing out on doing the same last term.
This was their third straight league victory over Manchester City at a buoyant Villa Park - last doing so in 1960 and 1975 - and the fans are fully behind their manager after their slow start to the campaign.
Centre-halves Ezri Konsa and Pau Torres were solid at the heart of the defence and needed to be to shackle the imperious Haaland, while Amadou Onana provided a shield as an enforcer in front of the backline.
Villa's defence will take much of the plaudits, and it was fitting right-back Matty Cash scored the decisive goal - his second this term - with an erring finish that left Gianluigi Donnarumma rooted to his line.
Villa feeling good at 'fortress' Villa Park - Emery
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery spoke to BBC's Match of the Day after beating Manchester City 1-0: "Our fortress. Villa Park. We are feeling here so, so good. The positive energy to us was fantastic. We needed to show our wishes and commitment, and our capacity to play.
"I think everything trying to get together, the positive energy, the quality of the players, the tactics that we did and the effort. I am so proud. How the supporters are pushing us is very, very important.
"We responded fantastic. Of course, we started the first 10 minutes a little bit off. But then we started getting in good positions, and we were creating chances. Of course, we needed the second goal in case they scored. They did score, but it was offside, very tight.
"It is important to keep being consistent in this way.
On goalscorer Matty Cash: "He has a very good shot. He scored two goals a few weeks ago with his national team. Of course, second actions are really important, and he did a very good goal.
"We have players who are progressively getting better. Being confident and playing with qualities. This is the combination we have to have."
Villa defender Matty Cash also spoke to BBC's Match of the Day: "It was a nice strike. It's something we worked on yesterday in training, not exactly for me to hit it
"It was a special corner, but it wasn't meant for me.
"I've had a few like them. I've scored four this season for club and country. On the edge of the box I like shooting, it's what I like to do in training, hit them nice and sweet.
"We work a lot on set-pieces. Over the last couple of years, there have been a lot of set-pieces that have won us games, and today is no different.
"The last month we've been really good. Defensively, really good. We've just stuck together as a group and at Villa Park, they're always behind us."
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Did you know?
Aston Villa have lost just two of their 24 Premier League home games since the start of last season (W14 D8), with no ever-present side losing fewer matches in the competition across that period (Liverpool and Arsenal, also two).
Matty Cash has scored two goals across his last five Premier League appearances, more strikes than he managed in his previous 57 games in the competition (one).
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Aston Villa make six changes to the side that suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League on Thursday, with the big guns all returning.
Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa and Matty Cash all start.
Jadon Sancho, Evan Guessand, Lamare Bogarde, Ian Maatsen, Tyrone Mings and Victor Lindelof drop out.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Onana, Kamara, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola makes three alterations to the side that won in Villarreal during the week.
Oscar Bobb gets a start in place for Jeremy Doku, while Phil Foden and Tijjani Reijnders also come in.
Nico Gonzalez is fit enough for the bench after hobbling off in Spain with a foot issue, while Rico Lewis also drops out.
Man City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, Reijnders, Silva, Foden, Savinho, Bobb, Haaland.
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What a phenomenal player Erling Haaland is.
All the Fantasy Football talk at the start of the season was about Haaland versus Mohamed Salah, and on the FPL podcast I do with Alistair Bruce-Ball and Statman Dave, they both said 'Haaland? No chance' and they went with Salah as captain.
Guess what they are doing now? They have copied me and got Haaland as captain, and so has everyone else. It is dull as anything because everyone in the world has done the same.
We are at the stage now where we just expect him to score, the same as he does. He is like my old Blackburn strike partner Alan Shearer in that you just know it will happen.
In fairness to Manchester City, they are more than just a one-man team. Phil Foden is looking sharp again and I love the signing of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Still, like City, Villa have won their past three league games so this is going to be a tough test for Pep Guardiola's side.
City have lost on their past two visits to Villa Park and, while I don't see them getting turned over this time, they might have to settle for a point.
Sutton's prediction: 1-1
Matthew Hobbs
BBC Sport journalist
Manchester City continue their push towards the top of the Premier League table on Sunday against an Aston Villa side who have beaten them on their past two trips to Villa Park.
City may not top the Premier League table but they have won more points than any other side since the start of April (39) and could move level with leaders Arsenal should the Gunners slip up at home to Crystal Palace.
Tuesday's Champions League victory at Villarreal made it seven wins from nine matches (D2) in all competitions for City and central to their surge in form have been the superlative performances of striker Erling Haaland.
The 25-year-old's opening goal on Tuesday was the Norwegian's 24th in just 14 matches for club and country this season.
It followed a double in the 2-0 win against Everton last weekend, which took Haaland to 11 goals in just eight Premier League outings.
It is the third-fastest any Premier League player has reached double figures in a single season - and Haaland himself is responsible for the other two, doing so in five games in 2024-25 and six games in 2022-23.
His record stacks up against the best in Europe this season, while he has also been scoring regularly away from home.
City have scored seven Premier League away goals in total in 2025-26 and Haaland has scored five of those, including at least one in all four fixtures on the road so far.
Only Tottenham Hotspur have prevented Haaland from scoring in the Premier League so far this season and the next side attempting to emulate that feat are Villa.
They are enjoying a resurgent run of Premier League results following a difficult start to this campaign, with three successive wins domestically - although a much-changed line-up were upset by Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League on Thursday.
Should Unai Emery's side see off City, they will become just the second team in top-flight history to fail to win any of their opening five matches and then triumph in the subsequent four, after Preston in 1936.
Villa have won their past two home league games against City, their best run in this fixture at Villa Park since a sequence of five successive victories between 1960 and 1975 - but managing fatigue could be a factor following Thursday's trip to the Netherlands.
Emery must rely on a squad effort to fight on multiple fronts and Emi Buendia has underlined the importance of making an impact from the bench in recent weeks.
The attacking midfielder's winner at Tottenham last Sunday was his third goal in four matches – two of which have come as a substitute in the Premier League.
It continues a remarkable turnaround for Buendia - a £33m signing in June 2021 - in the West Midlands after missing the entirety of 2023-24 because of injury and spending the second half of last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
The 28-year-old started against Go Ahead Eagles in midweek, meaning he could return to a bench role on Sunday - a ploy that has worked well for Emery in recent weeks.
Image source, Getty ImagesSpeaking ahead of Aston Villa's fixture against Manchester City and following the 2-1 defeat to Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League, Unai Emery praised Harvey Elliott's attitude and work rate in training but admitted his performances have not yet reached the level required.
The Spaniard emphasised Elliott remains an important part of the squad, urging him to continue working hard to find his rhythm and confidence within Villa's tactical structure.
Emery said: "I am being very, very demanding myself to choose in each match the player to start and the players on the bench and the subs players, and firstly is always trying to get the best performance collectively, through individual players.
"Harvey is a 10 in our structure, in our shape, and he plays some matches, and there is still adaptation to add himself individually in our structure.
"Of course, he is training well, and his commitment is being very well as well, but his performance was not enough (up to this point).
"At the same time, we have other players who can play as 10, and they are performing well, and I have different players.
"This is the main reason he is not playing the last match but he has to continue working like he is doing in the training session, and of course getting his confidence in the performance."
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views on Aston Villa's shock Europa League defeat to Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles, following Emiliano Buendia's missed second-half penalty.
Here are some of your replies:
Prit: A very poor night for Villa, who were shockingly poor in front of goal. This game should have been done and dusted in the first half but, once again, we fell asleep in defence and they scored with their first chance. Too many players are off their game, it might be complacency but the attitude was also not there. Anyone can miss a penalty but, sorry Emi, that was a bad one. Is anyone coaching our players to take penalties? We've missed too many since we sold Douglas Luiz for PSR reasons.
Ian: A poor display. Villa should have been three goals up in the first half but the usual lack of firepower up front cost us. Emery needs to tell Watkins that he can run onto a ball, rather than expecting it to his feet all the time. A real disappointment after the recent improvement in form.
Andy: Get rid of Watkins, I've been saying it for over year. He was a one-year wonder.
Ryan: It's Europe, teams often fall to surprise defeats away from home. We lost against Club Brugge in the Champions League last season, and look at how that finished. It is a long season - lessons will be learned and we will continue to grow.
Adrian: Emery messing about (we can't call it 'tinkering', like Guardiola, because his works) with the starting XI is costing us. Why, after such a poor and messy start to the season, did he not pick his best XI and stick with it? We need to build momentum, confidence, understanding and familiarity. He underestimated the opposition again and it has backfired again.
Pammy: If you don't take your chances, you don't win football matches. Simples.
Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesQuite how Aston Villa lost this encounter from a position of such authority and on the back of a five-match winning run, in all competitions, will be a concern to Unai Emery.
For much of the first half the Spaniard watched his players fail to take advantage of opportunities to put the game beyond opponents who sit 12th in the Dutch top flight.
Emi Buendia, Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings all should have done better with gilt-edged chances and Villa's profligacy ultimately provided the hosts with enough encouragement to force their way back into the game.
Go Ahead Eagles had barely spent any time in Villa territory and the shot count was 12 to three in the visitors' favour when Mathis Suray equalised.
Alarmingly for Emery, once his team had relinquished control they were never able to reclaim it.
John McGinn, Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen were all summoned from the bench, but aside from a cross from the England forward that hit the bar it did not translate into anything concrete.
Image source, Getty ImagesUnai Emery speaking after Aston Villa's Europa League defeat at the hands of Go Ahead Eagles: "This showed us how difficult it is to play away in Europe. Even dominating chances, we conceded mistakes, some chances. We must accept it.
"There is still work to do. We have broken the good form we have and I hope we recover quick. We were very optimistic before the match, but we lost. Now we have to react."
On the amount of changes made to his starting XI: "It is normal. We need every player."
On what changed in the second half: "They had motivation and their goal helped them to feel stronger. The second goal we conceded we have to try to avoid. The first goal was through a set piece. Second half we dominated, we conceded a few chances but they were clinical. They deserved it.
"Europe helped us a lot to come back after our bad start, and now it's cut our good moment. We have to keep going and moving forward."
On the missed penalty: "The responsibility was for Emi Buendia [in that game]. Normally he has good numbers shooting penalties, but he missed. It can happen and we try to get more clinical moments.
"Our takers are clear. Buendia today, [Jadon] Sancho, John McGinn, Morgan [Rogers] as well can take penalties."
Did you know?
Following Buendia's miss, Aston Villa have failed to convert four of their five penalties in major European competition since the start of 2023-24 (excluding shootouts).
Aston Villa, AC Milan and West Ham are among the clubs interested in 31-year-old Manchester City and Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic. (Caught Offside), external
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Go Ahead Eagles make one change to the side that started their 2-1 Eredivisie defeat by PSV Eindhoven last Saturday.
Yassir Salah Rahmouni comes into midfield in place of Evert Linthorst to partner Melle Meulensteen, the son of former Fulham boss Rene.
Go Ahead Eagles XI: De Busser, Deijl, Nauber, Kramer, James, Breum, Rahmouni, Meulensteen, Smit, Suray, Margaret.
Subs: Plogmann, Verdoni, Twigt, Linthorst, Sivertsen, Weijenberg, Goudmijn, Van Zwam, Dirksen, Stokkers, Adelgaard, Boakye.
Aston Villa make seven changes to the side that began their 2-1 Premier League victory over Tottenham last Sunday.
Emiliano Martinez, Pau Torres, Amadou Onana and Evan Guessand are the only four players to retain their spots as the likes of Jadon Sancho and Ollie Watkins come in.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Lindelof, Mings, Torres, Maatsen, Onana, Bogarde, Guessand, Buendia, Sancho, Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Proctor, Cash, Konsa, McGinn, Elliott, Malen, Rogers, Kamara, Burrowes.
It is a busy night of action across Europe in store, with 18 games in both the Europa League and Conference League, three involving Premier League sides.
Go Ahead Eagles v Aston Villa (17:45)
Nottingham Forest v Porto
Crystal Palace v AEK Larnaca
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Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa's Ian Maatsen says he can "learn a lot" from fellow left-back Lucas Digne.
Digne has been Unai Emery's preferred option on the left side of defence this season, with Maatsen starting just once in the Premier League.
However, with Digne not travelling with the squad for Thursday's Europa League match against Go Ahead Eagles due to a ankle problem, the 23-year-old is likely to start for the third consecutive European match.
"There is strong competition," Maatsen said.
"Lucas is a fantastic player with a lot of qualities and I'm the young player coming into the Premier League so I can learn a lot from him and we have a good relationship.
"He keeps me sharp and keeps me focused so I'm not worried about my place in the team because the coach and my teammates know my qualities.
"Whenever they need me, I'm ready.
"I trust the coaches here. Whenever my minutes are coming I'm ready to perform and show my qualities."
After making the permanent move from Chelsea for £35m in the summer of 2024, Maatsen started 17 of Villa's 57 games last season.
Despite admitting it is hard to build consistency without regular starts, the Netherlands international stressed his development under Emery.
"Sometimes it is a bit difficult [to find rhythm], but on the training pitch we work on the details, so on the training ground - that's the moment I can prepare myself for games and watch clips," he added.
"My defensive skills are getting much better now. I am more confident in the way that he [Emery] wants me to defend. He has improved me a lot on the defensive side."
Aston Villa and Newcastle are among the clubs keen on 21-year-old Porto and Spain striker Samuel Omorodion, who has previously been close to joining Chelsea and had talks with Nottingham Forest. (A Bola - in Portuguese), external
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