Manchester City vs Leicester City
English Premier League
Date: 21 December 2019, Saturday
Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester.
Manchester City were expected to challenge Liverpool for the Premier League title this season but head into Saturday's match chasing Leicester for second place.
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Pep Guardiola’s side looked back to their best in the victory over the Gunners, and will provide a stern test for the Foxes when they travel to the Etihad Stadium.
A 1-1 draw with Norwich City in their previous outing, combined with Man City’s emphatic 3-0 win over Arsenal saw the Foxes lose ground in the table.
Manchester City vs Leicester City: Prediction Line-Ups
Manchester City vs Leicester City: Head-to-head
Teams Manchester City Leicester played so far 21 matches.
Manchester City won 10 direct matches. Leicester won 5 matches. 6 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.00 goals per Match.
Manchester City vs Leicester City: Prediction
Manchester City in actual season average scored 2.83 goals per match. In 13 (100.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 10 (76.92%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Leicester average scored 2.30 goals per match in season 2019. In 15 (88.24%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 11 (64.71%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Man City have been boosted by the return to training of Sergio Aguero (groin) and John Stones (hamstring) and both are in contention to face Leicester.
But David Silva (knock) is ruled out, joining the long-term injured Aymeric Laporte (knee), Leroy Sane (knee) on the sidelines.
Brendan Rodgers has declared a "clean bill of health" for Leicester, with no new injuries to report.
Matty James (Achilles) has returned to training but is yet to get any match minutes under his belt as he continues his rehabilitation.
Match officials
Referee: Mike Dean. Assistants: Darren Cann, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.