Leicester vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th December 2024

Manchester City are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Leicester, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Leicester can push the form at King Power Stadiumon Sunday.

Leicester are number 18 in the table on 14 points after 18 matches. Manchester City rank as number 7 with 28 points after 18 matches played.

Leicester are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Manchester City but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Leicester go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 26. That amounts to an average of 2.6 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

The Sky Blues scored 11 goals, conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The Citizens beat Leicester twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-1 and 1-0, respectively.

Leicester vs Manchester City Prediction

Leicester Form

Leicester have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 4-0 by Newcastle, before Wolverhampton ran out 0-3 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Liverpool, who came out 3-1 winners. Leicester managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City came away from their previous three games with just one draw, as they lost 1-2 against Manchester United. A 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa followed, before a 1-1 draw with Everton. Manchester City claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 11 goals to seven.

Both Leicester and Manchester City seem a little too focused on not losing than actually chasing a win, and as such, the draw is a tasty value bet from our perspective.

Manchester City recorded three wins from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected 11 points. They scored ten goals while conceding five. Leicester have a record of three wins, five draws and ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City have a record of eight wins, four draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Manchester City Squads

Leicester Squad

The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Ruud van Nistelrooy, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/16), Conor Coady (0/7), James Justin (2/17), Jannik Vestergaard (0/10), Luke Thomas (0/1), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/11), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/16), Wout Faes (1/16), Bilal El Khannous (1/13), Boubakary Soumare (0/11), Facundo Buonanotte (4/15), Hamza Choudhury (0/3), Harry Winks (0/13), Kasey McAteer (0/9), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/12), Wilfred Ndidi (0/15), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/13), Jamie Vardy (6/16), Jordan Ayew (4/17), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/6), Stephy Mavididi (2/17).

Manchester City Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Manchester City players that the manager Pep Guardiola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Ederson (0/13), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/5), Jacob Wright (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/2), John Stones (2/8), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (4/17), Kyle Walker (0/13), Manuel Akanji (0/14), Nathan Ake (0/6), Rico Lewis (1/16), Ruben Dias (0/13), Bernardo Silva (2/18), Ilkay Gundogan (0/17), Jack Grealish (0/13), James McAtee (0/0), Jeremy Doku (2/14), Kevin De Bruyne (2/11), Mateo Kovacic (3/14), Matheus Nunes (0/12), Nico O'Reilly (0/0), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (1/13), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (0/15), Erling Haaland (13/18).

Leicester vs Manchester City Team News

Apparently, Manchester City have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.

Leicester vs Manchester City Lineups

Leicester vs Manchester City H2H

The Sky Blues won 3-1 and 1-0 in the two most recent meetings with Leicester, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. Manchester City generally enjoy playing The Foxes against whom, they won eight of the last ten encounters. However, the latter did well to secure a 3-1 win the last time the pair faced off. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 4/11.

Leicester vs Manchester City Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Leicester and Manchester City. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/5 with bookies.

Leicester vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Jamie Vardy, who is performing well for Leicester. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Manchester City.The visitors will be looking to Bernardo Silva to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Manchester City in recent matches.

Leicester claimed all three points three times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Manchester City won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing seven in this series of matches. Goals are usually flowing for Leicester on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Manchester City in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Leicester managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Manchester City averaging 2.1 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Leicester’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Manchester City, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves.