Aston Villa v Man City Tip

I imagine that Aston Villa fans have pondered many times in the past 12 months where they would be without Christian Benteke, and now, for a few weeks at least, they will get some sort of answer. The star striker is injured with Manchester City in town - the team with 21 clean sheets since the start of last season.

With this in mind, it doesn’t take much imagination to see how we might improve on odds of 4/7 (Coral) on a City win. By taking Pellegrini’s men to triumph to nil we enhance our wager to a 7/4 shot, again with Coral offering best price on the market.

Paul Lambert’s side have competed well on many occasions this term but the results show they have lost at Villa Park to every Premier League team that have visited. Now shorn of their kingpin Benteke, it’s hard to see things improving just yet.