Football

Preview: Leicester City vs. Manchester City – Betting Odds, Team News and Tips

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Manchester City travel to the King Power Stadium on Saturday night to take on a struggling Leicester City side. The Foxes lost 5-0 away at Porto in midweek, whereas City drew 1-1 at home to Celtic.

This fixture last season was seen as a major test of Leicester’s title credentials, however following a string of poor results, they’re facing a relegation battle this time around.

Team News

Manchester City will be without both Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho following their red cards against Chelsea last week. Nicolas Otamendi picked up his fifth yellow card of the campaign last week and will also miss the trip to Leicester. Fabian Delph and Raheem Sterling have both recovered from injury, but Vincent Kompany is still not fit.

Danny Drinkwater is serving the final fixture of his three-game ban for elbowing Watford’s Valon Behrami last month, but Kasper Schmeichel might be passed fit after returning from a hand injury.

Stats

  • Claudio Ranieri has won seven of his eight Premier League games against Manchester City.
  • Manchester City have won their last six fixtures against defending champions in the Premier League.
  • Kelechi Iheanacho has scored five goals in the last five league games that Sergio Aguero has missed.

Match Prediction and Odds

Words by @dominictrant