City assess injury doubts ahead of Aston Villa away

City visit Aston Villa on Saturday, October 24, with a perfect league record and a reported three-point lead. Previews flag O’Reilly and Kovacic fitness concerns; a reader Q&A says Nunes’s absence is likely to be brief, while Haaland is reportedly fully fit, Gvardiol okay and Semenyo expected out for around eight weeks. Projected lineups remain speculative, no result or final team news is confirmed, and Villa have won their last three home league games against City; the club’s early-start post from Villa Park added no team news.