Surely a Villa win is best for us.
We'll have a game in hand.
Tonight's permutations result in the following: Assuming there's no 7 or 9 goal hammerings tonight.
(A) Villa win - Villa 31 pts, City 28 pts, QPR 25 pts
(B) Draw - Villa 29 pts, City 28 pts, QPR 26 pts.
(C) QPR win - City 28 pts, Villa 28 pts, QPR 28 pts........Need to win by 2 clear goals to overtake Villa
Results of City's game in hand permutations :
(A). City WIN - they remain above both Villa & QPR ....Pts - City(31),Villa(31),QPR(25)....v.good
(A) City DRAW - Pts - Villa(31), City(29), QPR(25)....good, above QPR
(A) City LOSE - Pts - Villa(31), City(28),QPR(25)....good, above QPR
(B) City WIN - they remain above both Villa and QPR....Pts - City(31),Villa(29),QPR(26)...good
(B) City DRAW - Pts - City(29),Villa(29),QPR(26)....good
(B) City LOSE - Pts - Villa(29), City(28),QPR(26)...tighter
(C) City WIN - Pts - City(31),Villa (28),QPR(28)....unless QPR beat Villa by >1 goal....good
(C) City DRAW - Pts - City (28), Villa (28), QPR(28)...unless QPR beat Villa by >1 goal....too tight
(C) City LOSE (by less than 6 goals) - City remain above both Villa & QPR...... Pts - City (28 pts) ,Villa(28 pts), QPR (28pts). Order depends on tonights score....extremely tight.
Conclusion: Villa Win best situation for City if there was only one game left in the season if City get any result in their game in hand. Probably also the best result for City even with 7 games to go.