Guardiola names Bernardo and Stones in line-up for final City gameJohn Stones and Bernardo Silva will start their final games for Manchester City against Aston Villa today as Pep Guardiola names his last line-up as our manager. Men's Team 10 years with Pep showcased in iconic illustration Bernardo will captain the side on his 460th appearance for the Blues more than any other player under Guardiola while Stones features for the 295th time after 10 years with the Club.Ahead of our final match of the season, City are guaranteed to finish second in the Premier League having won two trophies this season with the FA Cup and Carabao Cup taking Guardiolas haul to 20 in 10 years.After a gruelling end of season schedule, the boss has made nine changes from the side that drew at Bournemouth with only Bernardo and Antoine Semenyo starting both games.TeamsCity XI: Trafford, Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ake, Nico, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Semenyo.Subs: Bettinelli, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Nunes, Alleyne.Villa XI: Bizot, Garcia, Lindelof, Mings (C), Maatsen, Bogarde, Luiz, Barkley, Bailey, Buendia, Watkins.Subs: Wright, Cash, McGinn, Tieleman, Digne, Torres, Onana, Hemmings, Burrowes.How we line-upNo doubt Guardiola will want to go out on a win to cap an extraordinary time with the Club.Villa meanwhile, will want to mark their Europa League triumph after winning a major trophy for the first time in 30 years.James Trafford returns in goal for City with a back-four that is likely to be Rico Lewis and Nathan Ake as full-backs either side of a defensive pairing of Ruben Dias and Stones.Nico will take the holding midfield role with a flexible midfield of Bernardo, Tijjani Reijnders and Phil Foden with Savinho and Semenyo lead the attack.Etihad celebrationThere is set to be a record crowd here today to say goodbye to three City legends.Under development since late 2023 the newly expanded North Stand adds over 7,000 new seats to Etihad Stadium, bringing the stadium capacity to over 61,000.And appropriately it has been renamed The Pep Guardiola Stand as he takes charges for a last time.Today is set to break Citys Premier League attendance record set on the final day of the 2023/24 season when 55,097 fans were here as we secured our title for a record fourth successive year with a win over West Ham in May 2024.Emotional dayIts the end of an era today and will be a day of celebration as well as one where a lot of tears will be shed.We have an extraordinary decade under Guardiola and sadly it comes to an end after an unprecedent period of success.On top of that were losing two of our greatest players of all time with Stones and Bernardo bidding a fond farewell.Theres too many memories to recall from three of the greatest servants of all time but there was one famous end of season clash against Aston Villa that will forever.That 3-2 victory on the final day of the 2021/22 campaign when we fought back from two goals down to win the Premier League is just one reminder of everything that has been achieved in the greatest decade of the Clubs history.Match statsCity have won 19 of our last 20 Premier League home games against Aston Villa, winning each of the last 15 since April 2007.Aston Villa have won three of their last five Premier League games against City and are looking to complete a league double over us for the first time since 1962/63.We have won our final league match in eight of our previous nine seasons under Pep Guardiola, losing the other when we were already champions at Brentford in 2022/23. We have won our last six when finishing the season at home since 2012/13.Villa have lost their final Premier League match of the season more often than any other side (16), including a 3-2 loss at the Etihad in 2021/22.When playing their final league match of the season away from home, Villa have won just one of their last 27 games and are winless in 13 since a 3-1 win at Chelsea in 2001/02.City are unbeaten in our last 15 Premier League games since January. Only in 2023/24 have we had a longer unbeaten run at the end of a Premier League campaign.Following their 4-2 win against Liverpool last time out, Aston Villa are looking to win consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of eight in November/December.With 27 goals already, Erling Haaland is likely to win his third Premier League golden boot in four seasons in the competition. He would be the fifth player to win the award as many times, after Thierry Henry (4), Mohamed Salah (4), Alan Shearer (3) and Harry Kane (3).Ollie Watkins has been involved in eight goals in his last nine Premier League appearances (six goals, two assists), just one fewer than in his first 29 this season (eight goals, one assist).Join us at Co-Op Live for the After PartyTo mark the achievements of Manchester City mens, womens and academy teams during the 25/26 season, we can confirm that an open top bus parade will take place on Monday 25th May, followed by The After Party a special celebration event at Co-op Live.Event InformationDate: Monday 25 MayDoors Open: 15:00 (UK)Parade Show begins: 16:00 (UK)Final Entry: 18:00 (UK)Player Arrival at Co-op Live: 18:30 (UK)Event Closes: 20:00 (UK) Find out more