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title: "Gallery: What must Villa do to beat Man City in the Carabao Cup final?"
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author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Aston Villa Match Previews"
published: "2020-02-23T20:45:00Z"
modified: "2026-09-03T11:41:26Z"
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# Gallery: What must Villa do to beat Man City in the Carabao Cup final?

Aston Villa take on defending Carabao Cup champions Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in the final of the competition next Sunday.

Villa advanced into the final of the tournament by [beating Leicester City](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/aston-villa-vs-leicester-result-goals-trezeguet-carabao-cup-final-a9307116.html) on aggregate, with Trezeguet netting a winner in the dying seconds of the second leg.

Guardiola’s side overcame arch-rivals Manchester United [3-2 on aggregate](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/match-report/2020/january/man-city-v-man-united-carabao-cup-semi-2nd-leg-match-report) to reach the final once again.

Last year, the Blues defeated Chelsea in the final [on penalties](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47268861), a match famous for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga[refusing to be substituted](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47352319) by then manager Maurizio Sarri.

The Midlands side have already[sold out their ticket allocation](https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/02/18/final-tickets-sold-out) at Wembley so will be roared on by 33,666 supporters in London.

Villa will need to ensure that they play the perfect game if they are to come away with silverware next weekend.

Below, we’ve listed some key things that we feel Smith’s side will need to do if they want to win the competition.