Game Thread: City v Villa

Lineups are in:

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Maicon, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Barry, Silva, Nasri, Tevez, Aguero #MCFC #cityvvilla

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) November 17, 2012

#AVFC: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar [c], Clark, Stevens, Westwood, Bannan, Ireland, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke. #AVFC LIVE

— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) November 17, 2012

An essentially full strength lineup for City. Headlines will surely be generated over the absence of Mario Balotelli on the bench once again, however. 3 points would see City momentarily take over at the top, since United has the late game today.

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