Manchester City vs Leicester City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 FA Cup success vs Bournemouth.

In that game, Manchester City had 64% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Erling Haaland (49') and Omar Marmoush (63'). At the other end, Bournemouth got 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Evanilson (21') scored for Bournemouth.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Manchester City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Manchester City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals during that time. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, though.

Taking a look at their past results, Manchester City:

• have not lost a league tie with Leicester City in their previous 6 games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Leicester City

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Manchester United in Premier League competition, Leicester City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Leicester City had 54% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Manchester United had 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Rasmus Højlund (28'), Alejandro Garnacho (67') and Bruno Fernandes (90') scored for Manchester United.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Leicester City has become fairly consistent recently. Examining their last six outings shows that it has occurred 5 times. In those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 14 while Leicester City have scored 1.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Leicester City:

• have not won against Manchester City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 07/08/2021 shows that Manchester City have won 5 of these & Leicester City 1, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

18 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 13 of them for The Citizens and 5 belonging to The Foxes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league clash between these clubs was Premier League match day 19 on 29/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City.

In that game, Leicester City managed 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.

Manchester City had 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Savinho (21') and Erling Haaland (74') scored.

The referee was Michael Oliver.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Erling Haaland (Ankle injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

We are thinking that The Citizens could use the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Abdukodir Khusanov, Josko Gvardiol, Nico Gonzalez, Ilkay Gundogan, Savinho, Omar Marmoush, Jeremy Doku and Phil Foden.

🗞️ Team News: Leicester City

Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has multiple availability issues to deal with. Oliver Skipp (Groin problems), Issahaku Fatawu (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Harry Souttar (Achilles tendon rupture) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that The Foxes will likely utilise a 4-4-2 system, starting Mads Hermansen, Wout Faes, Conor Coady, Luke Thomas, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare, Victor Kristiansen, Jordan Ayew, Bilal El Khannouss and Jamie Vardy.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Leicester City will manage to score against this Manchester City outfit, although that may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Manchester City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. We’ll have to see what happens.

Renata Leite, 17:03 01/04/2025