Manchester City F.C.
·16 Desember 2024
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·16 Desember 2024
Find out everything you need to know ahead of City's Premier League trip to face Aston Villa.
We visit Villa Park in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 12:30 (UK).
The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. You can also keep across all of the action via the Official Man City App, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.
Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from the West Midlands in one place.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 11:15 (UK).
David James and former Villa boss Martin O'Neill will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.
During the game, you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Michael Brown while our text commentary continues.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.
Short highlights from the match will be available from 16:30 (UK), whilst extended highlights from the encounter and a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed from midnight.
Pep Guardiola will be facing the media at his pre-match press conference from 12:30 (UK) on Friday 20 December, where the City boss will provide all the latest team news updates and you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official app.
Don't worry if you are unable to watch Pep’s press conference as it happens as we'll have a written review and video recap soon after it has concluded.
Our last trip to Villa Park 12 months ago ended in a narrow defeat, as Leon Bailey’s second half goal, which clipped off Ruben Dias, won the contest as the hosts picked up their 14th straight victory on home soil.
In the reverse fixture at the Etihad Stadium later that season, we secured a convincing 4-1 victory, with Phil Foden bagging a hat-trick to stretch our unbeaten run at the time to 24 matches.
Our last league encounter ended in Manchester Derby heartbreak, as late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo secured three Premier League points for Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
As for Aston Villa, they also fell to a 2-1 defeat, away to high-flying Nottingham Forest in their last league encounter.
Will be announced here: https://www.premierleague.com/referees
Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
(Listings correct as of 16 December)