Leicester City are looking for a way out of their crisis against the Citizens who fell to the fourth place as they lost against Chelsea in the last round.
Leicester City and Manchester City are two teams in the English Premier League who had high expectations at the start of the season, but are performing way below their potential.
Leicester City and Manchester City are two teams in the English Premier League who had high expectations at the start of the season, but are performing way below their potential.
The champions are in a terrible form and could certainly use some easier opponent than Guardiola’s City.
The Foxes haven’t tasted victory in over a month as they’ve last beaten Crystal Palace on the MD9. Since that game they’ve picked up only two points in five games and are currently sitting in the 15th place, two points above the relegation zone.
Leicester’s Champions League form was a lot better than the Premier League’s , but Porto trashed them 5-0 in the midweek. Despite Leicester Leicester resting some of the key players like Vardy, Mahrez, Albrighton, Huth and Fuchs, Premier League champions should do better against the third placed team of Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Manchester City lost derby against Chelsea in the last round. Not only that they lost a game, but they’ve also lost Sergio Aguero (4 games) and Fernandinho (3 games) due to unpleasant scenes at the end of the game.
The Citizens weren’t outplayed by Conte’s Chelsea, but Aguero and De Bruyne didn’t have concentration in front of Courtois, while Kolarov once again proved to be the weakest link in Guardiola’s chain as he barely troubled Willian and Hazard when they scored second and third goal of the game.
Like Leicester, Manchester City have also played a Champions League game in the midweek, but they failed to defeat Celtic with some players from the bench (Caballero, Adarabioyo, Maffeo, Fernando, Clichy) in the lineups. Good news from that game is that Kelechi Iheanacho kept his good goal-scoring form as the young Nigerian will have to step into Aguero’s shoes.
Head to Head
The Premier League 2015/16 clash between the two at the King Power Stadium was a goal-less draw, while Leicester thrashed City 3-1 in the return leg at Etihad Stadium.
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