Chris Sutton has backed Aston Villa to stop Manchester City from racking up a fourth successive Premier League win this afternoon.

The two clubs face off at Villa Park where Unai Emery's side have beaten City twice in their last two visits to B6.

Both sides are in a decent run of form which should make for a fascinating contest, one in which Sutton says will end all square.

Predicting a 1-1 draw, Sutton said: "All the Fantasy Football talk at the start of the season was about Haaland versus Mohamed Salah, and on the FPL podcast I do with Alistair Bruce-Ball and Statman Dave, they both said 'Haaland? No chance' and they went with Salah as captain.

"Guess what they are doing now? They have copied me and got Haaland as captain, and so has everyone else. It is dull as anything because everyone in the world has done the same.

"We are at the stage now where we just expect him to score, the same as he does. He is like my old Blackburn...