The Preview: Aston Villa vs Man City
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Preview on The Athletic FC, where this week our main focus is Aston Villa vs Manchester City.
Stu James and Tim Spiers join Matt Davies-Adams to look ahead to Sunday's clash before turning their attention to the fixtures elsewhere including Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, Brentford vs Liverpool, Manchester United vs Brighton, and Everton vs Spurs.
Host: Matt Davies-Adams
With: Stu James & Tim Spiers
Executive Producers: Abi Paterson & Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC. |
| 0:09.6 | It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's Premier League action. |
| 0:13.4 | This week we're focusing on Aston Villa versus Manchester City as well as some other good-looking games. |
| 0:22.5 | Joining me today, we have Tim Spears. |
| 0:24.6 | Hi, Tim. |
| 0:25.3 | Hello, Matt. |
| 0:26.2 | And Stu James is back with us too. |
| 0:27.6 | You okay, Stu? |
| 0:28.5 | Very well, thank you, Matt. |
| 0:29.8 | Good stuff. |
| 0:31.0 | As well as Sunday's Showdown, |
| 0:32.4 | we'll also take a look over some of the other key games |
| 0:34.7 | taking place on Match Day nine in the Premier League. |
| 0:38.1 | But first, let's get to our feature presentations. |
| 0:41.2 | Well, after failing to score in their opening four Premier League games and going five without a win, |
| 0:45.8 | Unaimri's Aston Villa had won their last five in all competitions until Thursday night, |
| 0:51.1 | when a sloppy performance in the Netherlands seemed to say, |
| 0:53.8 | Go ahead, Eagles, |
| 0:54.7 | they lost 2-1 to European football's best-named team. Tim, I'm not sure that any of us saw that |
| 1:00.7 | coming. Too much rotation and maybe a lack of European experience on the night, do you think? |
| 1:05.8 | Yeah, maybe. It's a bit weird one, really. They sort of had the game in the palm of their hands. |
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