LONDON (SE) - Aston Villa number Manchester City at Villa Park on Monday night in a game that affects both ends of the table. Paul Lambert's Aston Villa (5-9-13) enter the game in the bottom three, but the manager is confident the most established top-flight team in the relegation scrap will have a way to avoid the fall. "We have large games, enormous games however to come," said Lambert. "There is a lot of twists and turns on the next month or two. "People ask if it's now three teams from four but there are a few teams there who will be overlooking their shoulder. I do not know what clubs it could be however you often locate a surprise somewhere. But we are undoubtedly playing well enough (to stay up). We've belief in ourselves that we can be fine. How they are playing, honestly I am unable to require anymore." Guests Man City (16-8-3) are 12 points behind neighbours Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table, and have Tottenham just five points behind in third, but boss Roberto Mancini believes it is too early to write-off his team's chances in the title race. "In soccer, it is finished when it is finished - in the last minute of the last game," said Mancini. "If we arrive with four games to go and United are 12 points ahead, it's finished, but our job is to continue to work. "For us, it's perhaps not very important to look at the table, only to play well and to improve because we can improve. Just this and perhaps go through the dining table in one month." Aston Villa have doubts over Shay Given (groin), Darren Bent (ankle), Ron Vlaar (leg), Chris Herd (ankle) and Richard Dunne (groin), but Marc Albrighton (ankle), Gary Gardner (leg) stay out, and Stilyan Petrov's challenge against leukaemia remains. Guy City have concerns on the exercise of Vincent Kompany (shin), Gareth Barry (hit), Maicon (knee) and Micah Richards (knee). Property won 2-1 against West Ham United in their last home game - finishing a four-match losing streak by themselves patch. But, Lambert's side have only managed 11 objectives at home all season - only QPR have fewer with seven - and have managed just one win in their last 10 group fits general. Christian Benteke has scored five objectives in his last five games for Aston Villa, but Monday's opponents also have a key striker - City have won 23 of the 24 games where Sergio Aguero has scored. Town won 1-0 in this installation last time, stopping a run of four league activities with out a triumph at Villa Park. Mancini's part have already dropped 25 points this season - up to they dropped in winning the Premier League last season - and dropped their last absent game in the group, against Southampton. A defeat on Monday will be City's first back-to-back losses since April 2011. Villa was hammered by man City 5-0 when these teams achieved at the Etihad Stadium in November. Carlos and Aguero Tevez and both scored second-half braces after David Silva had opened the scoring just two minutes before halftime.
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