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Manchester City vs Aston Villa: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats for the Premier League clash

Published: 03:50 EST, 24 April 2015 | Updated: 17:40 EST, 24 April 2015

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester City's home clash with Aston Villa...

Manchester City vs Aston Villa (Etihad Stadium)

Team news

Manchester City

Manchester City playmaker David Silva is available to face Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday after being given the all-clear following a facial injury.

Striker Wilfried Bony (foot) and midfielder James Milner (knee) are also fit again but midfielder Samir Nasri has joined the casualty list with a groin problem.

Captain Vincent Kompany (groin) remains on the sidelines for at least another fortnight while defender Gael Clichy and striker Stevan Jovetic are also out.

Provisional squad: Hart, Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Demichelis, Mangala, Boyata, Kolarov, Silva, Navas, Milner, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Lampard, Aguero, Dzeko, Bony, Pozo.

Sergio Aguero (left) wheels away in celebration after scoring in Manchester City's win over West Ham

Aston Villa

Gabriel Agbonlahor could return for Aston Villa at Manchester City after missing their FA Cup semi-final win over Liverpool with a hamstring injury.

The forward will be assessed but Philippe Senderos (thigh) and Aly Cissokho (groin) are available while Jack Grealish is in the squad despite a picture, taken last year, of him inhaling nitrous oxide emerging this week.

Ciaran Clark and Nathan Baker (both knee) are unlikely to play again this season while Alan Hutton is progressing after an ankle injury but will not make the trip. Scott Sinclair is ineligible against his parent club.

Provisional squad: Given, Guzan, Lowton, Bacuna, Vlaar, Okore, Senderos, Cissokho, Richardson, Cole, Delph, Cleverley, Grealish, Westwood, N'Zogbia, Gil, Benteke, Agbonlahor, Weimann.

Manchester City vs Aston Villa

Kick-off: Saturday, 5.30pm - Sky Sports 1

Odds (subject to change):

Manchester City 3/10

Draw 11/2

Aston Villa 12/1

Referee: Mike Dean

Managers: Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City), Tim Sherwood (Aston Villa)

Head-to-head league record: Manchester City wins 61, draws 38, Aston Villa wins 52

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Manchester City have won more Premier League games (20) and scored more goals (65) vs Aston Villa than against any other team

Aston Villa have scored just six second-half goals all term; the Premier League record-low for a season is 11, last set by Derby in 2007/08.

Indeed had only second-halves counted, the Villans would be bottom of the table on just 20 points, eight points behind 19th place QPR.

Yaya Toure has scored in his last three Premier League appearances against Aston Villa.

Aston Villa have scored the same number of league goals under Tim Sherwood this season (12 in eight games) as they managed under Paul Lambert (12 in 25 games).

Edin Dzeko celebrates scoring against Aston Villa last May in a 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium which helped put Manchester City in the driving seat towards claiming the Premier League title

Sergio Aguero has now reached 20 goals in two different Premier League seasons; only four players have done it more often in the competition’s history (Shearer 7, Henry 5, Van Nistelrooy 4, L.Ferdinand 3).

Christian Benteke has scored nine goals in nine competitive games under Tim Sherwood.

Aston Villa have picked up more red cards than any other team in the Premier League this season (7).

The average age of Manchester City’s starting line-up this season has been 28y 331d old; the oldest in the Premier League.

The two players to have attempted the most shots (excl. blocked) without scoring in the PL this season could play in this game – Jesus Navas and Fabian Delph (30 shots each).