adminLONDON. — Manchester City have the chance to put their Champions League soccer concerns to one side and move within two points of English Premier League leaders Chelsea when they travel to Aston Villa today. After losing at Bayern Munich in their opening European tie this season and drawing 1-1 with Roma in midweek, City are facing an uphill task to qualify from their Champions League group.
The English Premier League champions are also off the pace in the English top flight, having won only three of their six matches so far this season and dropping points with a defeat by Stoke and draws with Arsenal and Chelsea. City head to the Midlands just one point above Villa, who began the season impressively before sustaining back-to-back 3-0 defeats by Arsenal and Chelsea.
While City’s results at Eastlands have been unconvincing, they have been far more impressive on their travels, collecting seven points from a possible nine.
Fixtures (all 4pm unless otherwise stated)
Today: Hull v Crystal Palace; Leicester v Burnley; Liverpool v West Brom; Sunderland v Stoke; Swansea v Newcastle; Aston Villa v Manchester City (6:30pm)
Tomorrow: Manchester United v Everton (1pm); Chelsea v Arsenal (3:05pm); Tottenham v Southampton (3:05pm); West Ham v QPR (5:15pm).
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