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Predictions & Odds for Man City vs Leicester
Prediction 1
Man City Win-to-Nil
20/21 (1.95)
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Prediction 2
Sterling to Score Anytime
13/11 (2.18)
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* Betting odds were correct at the time of publication but are subject to change.
Man City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 3pts last weekend when they took maximum points from their game against Newcastle, while Liverpool could only manage a draw at Tottenham. Leicester provide the opposition at the Etihad on Boxing Day and it will be interesting to see how strong their starting lineup will be given all the injuries and covid-19 cases within the club.
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Man City to Win-to-Nil
We're expecting Leicester's starting eleven to be weakened and that's one of the reasons we are backing Man City to win-to-nil on Boxing Day. The hosts have won five of their last seven games against Leicester and have managed to keep a clean sheet in four of those victories. Man City have also won five of their last six matches in all competitions and haven't conceded a goal in any of their last three outings, while Leicester have lost their last two away games and haven't won any of their last four on the road in league or cup.
Sterling to Score
Sterling now has 5 league goals for the campaign and looks to have found his form and his spot in the Man City first team. The England international forward was on target in his side's 4-0 win at St James's Park and has scored 5-goals in his last 9 appearances for Man City in all competitions.
Man City vs Leicester: The Latest Stats & Markets
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26/12/21 EPL | Man City  Man City | 6 - 3 |  Leicester Leicester |
11/09/21 EPL | Leicester Leicester | 0 - 1 | Man City Man City |
07/08/21 ECS | Leicester Leicester | 1 - 0 | Man City Man City |
03/04/21 EPL | Leicester Leicester | 0 - 2 | Man City Man City |
27/09/20 EPL | Man City Man City | 2 - 5 | Leicester Leicester |
Man City | |||
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Last 5 | |||
22/05/22 EPL | Man City Man City | 3 - 2 |  Aston Villa Aston Villa |
15/05/22 EPL | West Ham  West Ham | 2 - 2 | Man City Man City |
11/05/22 EPL | Wolverhampton  Wolverhampton | 1 - 5 | Man City Man City |
08/05/22 EPL | Man City Man City | 5 - 0 |  Newcastle Newcastle |
04/05/22 UCL | Real Madrid  Real Madrid | 3 - 1 | Man City Man City |
Leicester | |||
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Last 5 | |||
19/05/22 EPL |  Chelsea Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Leicester Leicester |
15/05/22 EPL |  Watford Watford | 1 - 5 | Leicester Leicester |
11/05/22 EPL | Leicester Leicester | 3 - 0 |  Norwich Norwich |
08/05/22 EPL | Leicester Leicester | 1 - 2 |  Everton Everton |
05/05/22 CON |  Roma Roma | 1 - 0 | Leicester Leicester |
Can the Foxes cause an upset at the Etihad?
Man City were the big favourites to win at St James's Park and they didn't disappoint. A 5th-minute effort from Dias put the visitors into an early lead and Guardiola's men never looked back from that point on. Cancelo scored on his return to the starting eleven just before the half-hour mark and in the second forty-five, goals from Mahrez and Sterling helped wrap up a convincing 4-0 victory.
Man City Predicted Lineup: Ederson, Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, De Bruyne, Zinchenko, Silva, Rodri, Mahrez, Sterling and Jesus.
Leicester's last game was also against Newcastle after they had to cancel the trip to Goodison Park due to an outbreak of Covid-19. The Foxes dominated Newcastle just as Man City went on to do shortly after, scoring 4-goals without reply. Tielemans converted a penalty to make it 1-0 at the break and Daka doubled the home side's advantage just before the hour mark. Tielemans scored again 9-minutes from time and Maddison managed to get in on the action late on to complete the scoring.
Leicester Predicted Lineup: Schmeichel, Soumaré, Castagne, Bertrand, Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes & Vardy
Team News
Man City: Ferran Torres and Kyle Walker are the main injury/illness concerns for the hosts.
Leicester: Fofana, Evans, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Perez, Lookman, Iheanacho, Daley-Campbell, Benkovic, Justin and Choudhury are all potentially out of the trip to Manchester through injury or illness.
Q&A – Man City vs Leicester
- Who are the favourites to win? – Man City are the odds on favourites to win.
- What was the score when these two teams last met? – Leicester 0-1 Man City, 11/9/21.
- What time is kick-off? – 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET.
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