Aston Villa vs Manchester City: Lineups And Open Match Thread

Aston Villa versus Manchester City Location: Villa Park (Birmingham) Date: Saturday, January 22nd Time: 17:30 BST/12:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 a.m. Pacific Records (W-D-L, +/-, Place): Manchester City, 13-6-4, +18, 1st(T) Aston Villa, 5-7-10, -15, 17th

Aston Villa Starting XI: Friedel; Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Clark; Albrighton, Petrov, Downing, Young; Agbonlahor, Bent.

Subs: Marshall, Delfouneso, Pires, Reo-Coker, Bannan, Herd, Baker.

Manchester City Starting XI:Hart, Boateng, Kolo, Kompany, Kolarov, de Jong, Yaya, Barry, Silva, Dzeko, Tevez.

Subs: Given, Lescott, Zabaleta, Vieira, Milner, Johnson, Jo

Twitter rumors are that we're playing a 4-3-3, although on first blush this certainly doesn't look like it. That lineup makes it seem as though Gabriel Agbonlahor is simply playing up front with Darren Bent. How will it actually shake out on the field, though? 

This game is either going to be amazing or make us cry. Let's cross our fingers for the former.