Premier League LIVE SCORES: Newcastle dominant & West Ham draw as City crisis continues with defeat to Villa – updates
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MATCHWEEK 17 is HERE and there are some blockbuster Premier League ties taking place this weekend.
In today's early kick off, Manchester City suffered yet another defeat at the hands of Aston Villa which now means Pep's side have one win in their last TWELVE matches!
In the 3pm games, Newcastle BATTERED Ipswich Town 4-0, West Ham and Brighton drew 1-1 and Nottingham Forest secured another excellent win - this time 2-0 at Brentford.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal is the evening game - you can follow live coverage from Selhurst Park with our blog.
- Kick off times: 12.30pm/3pm/5.30pm
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View from SunSport's Philip Thomas at Villa Park
NO prizes for what tops Pep's Christmas wish list...a much-needed Premier League win, please Santa.
No victories in the last seven away games, defeat in eight of the last 11 - anything but the most wonderful time of the year for the champions.
A rare chance against his old club for Jack Grealish too, today. The Villa old boy has played only four minutes of City's three visits to his boyhood club since he left.
Villans looking to make statement
While all the focus is on Man City this afternoon, Unai Emery will be looking to win this game to get their top four ambitions back on track.
Strangely, they went on a dreadful winless run around the same time as Pep's team and still need to turn the effect of that around.
Victory against the defending champions will certainly go some way to addressing that.
Pep needs points
It's safe to say that Manchester City have not bee in the best of form and as a result, they are currently nine points behind league leaders Liverpool.
Pep's men have had one win in their last seven Premier League matches.
So three points this afternoon is vital!
Man City subs
Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee
Man City starting XI
Ederson, Kyle Walker and Kevin de Bruyne all drop to the bench.
While Jack Grealish gets the nod ahead of Jeremy Doku.
Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva; Foden, Grealish, Haaland
Aston Villa subs
Olsen, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Maatsen, Barkley, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins
Aston Villa starting XI
Ollie Watkins is on the bench once again for Aston Villa as Jhon Duran leads the line.
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne; Kamara, Onana; Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers; Duran
Welcome to SunSport's Saturday Premier League coverage
Matchweek 17 is here and there are some blockbuster Premier League ties taking place this weekend.
In today's early kick off, Manchester City will be looking to bounce back from their derby day defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola's side face a tricky test against Aston Villa as they look to claim just their second win from their last 12 matches.
The standout 3pm clash is West Ham's meeting with Brighton as Julen Lopetegui looks to ease pressure on his managerial situation.
SunSport will also bring you all the goals from the remaining three matches taking place on Saturday.
