How to watch Aston Villa v Manchester City: kick-off time, TV channels and streams
Not so long ago, the prospect of playing against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Liverpool in consecutive Premier League fixtures wasn’t all that enticing.
Aston Villa struggled to get going in the 2025/26 season. They failed to win any of their first five Premier League matches despite having what various so-called supercomputers identified as the easiest start.
I’m sure Brentford in particular would have something to say about how statisticians and indeed naysayers like myself predicted their demise but the fact remains Villa should have been able to take more points from their first few games than they did.
Since then, Unai Emery has steered his team to three consecutive league wins. Last Sunday’s away victory at Tottenham Hotspur followed back-to-back home wins over Fulham and Burnley, leaving just one box left to tick on Villa’s way back to some sort of normal service: beat someone actually good.
Sunday’s game against Manchester City offers them the chance to do exactly that.
Pep Guardiola has warned his team about an over-reliance on Erling Haaland but the attacking spearhead has scored 11 goals in eight Premier League matches. 11! That’s a total nonsense. Utterly ridiculous.
If you were building a one-man team Haaland would be it, but Guardiola has other players to call upon too. City have climbed to second in the table having won five, drawn one and lost two of their eight matches. After the disappointment of 2024/25, there’s every chance they mount a genuine title challenge again this term.
What time does Villa v Man City kick off?
In common with all of Villa’s Premier League games after Europa League participation, the visit of Man City will be played on Sunday afternoon.
It would likely have been a television pick regardless but this fixture has been placed into the next permissible kick-off time after European football on Thursday night.
Villa v Manchester City will kick off at 2.00pm on Sunday 26th October.
Where to watch Villa v Man City in the UK
Sky Sports now has the rights to show all Premier League matches in the 2.00pm and 4.30pm slots on Sunday afternoons, meaning a bumper early batch this weekend.
Villa’s home match against Man City is one of four fixtures that will take place before the later Super Sunday kick-off between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.
Villa v Manchester City will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and will be available on the Sky Sports+ service and app.
We’ll have our reaction to the Villa team news as soon as it’s announced and you can contribute to our fan-based player ratings after the match.
Watch and stream Villa v Man City anywhere
| United States | USA Network |
| Canada | Amazon Prime Video |
| South America | Disney+ |
| Africa | Supersport (various) |
| Denmark | TV3+ / Viaplay |
| Sweden | V Sport Fotbool |
| Norway | Viaplay |
| Germany | - |
| Spain | DAZN 1 / DAZN Espana |
| France | - |
| Italy | - |
| India | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Australia | Stan Sport |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport 4 |
| Japan | U-NEXT |
| China | Migu / QQ Sports |
| Middle East | beIN Sports MENA 2 |
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