There are some startling similarities in that that season City finished a poor second eleven points off Man United winning twenty-three , drawing nine and losing six games. (38 games)
This season City are second but a couple of leagues behind first (16 points having played an extra game) and have already lost five from 23 games.
Their defence has conceded an amazing 27 goals in just 23 games (amazing only relative to their own high standards) but in 2013 conceded only 34 all season.
While making it absolutely clear i think KdB and the lads will murder Villa it's surprising how not every stat is better for them in this pretty average season (by their exalted standards)
(you can also easily point to goals scored stats which is far better nowadays, so only selected stats used - stats can be used to support any case if very selective)