Aston Villa v Manchester City

One of the few all Premier League cup clashes this weekend sees rock bottom Aston Villa welcome Manchester City to the Etihad. This fixture is unlikely to be a top flight fixture next season and this competition could be Villa's only chance of saving their season. Although they will be disappointed with the draw, it might not have been the worst thing as Manchester City are still competing on four fronts, and may want to drop out of one, to …

Villa play yet another game against one of the top teams in the Premier League in the form of Man City this weekend. After games against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, Paul Lambert’s men will have faced all of the top four from the last campaign in consecutive matches. Man City will hope to register another away win after dispatching Hull, eventually, in their last match. Aston Villa will have been dreading this run of fixtures when they were announced but …