Aston Villa-Manchester City Preview

Dean Smith is confident Aston Villa will play with the same confidence they have all season against Manchester City despite a coronavirus-enforced lay-off. Villa are playing on Wednesday for the first time in the Premier League since New Year's Day due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the first-team squad, with their only fixture in the intervening period an FA Cup defeat to Liverpool in which they were represented by an academy side. Manchester City have had a few players who've had it - I think Sergio Aguero will miss the game as he's in isolation - so all clubs are having to adapt and we're no different.