Leicester vs Manchester City Prediction & Tips
Leicester and Manchester City play at King Power Stadium in a 19 th round of the Barclays Premier League. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 6 games. However, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 18-12-2018, in a game for League Glass in which Manchester City only managed to arrive at the victory, by (1-3), in the tiebreak by penalties. The goals of the match were scored by M. Albrighton (73 ‘) for Leicester City and by K. De Bruyne (14’) for Manchester City.
Leicester City
After 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, theLeicester is in 9th place, having won 25 points. In the last match, he beat Chelsea (0-1), having lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace in the previous game. For the championship, Leicester City had 11 points out of 24, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in their last eight games at their stadium. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 5 of his last 8 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. In the last 12 home games in all competitions there are 1 periods in the standings: he suffered 4 of his 9 goals between the minutes (0′-15 ‘).
Leicester City come to this game with a 0-1 victory at Chelsea, returning to their winning streak after three straight games without a win in the English league: Jamie Vardy was the sole goalkeeper of the match. However, we point out that the home team has an irregular performance when they play in their stadium, as they only have 3 wins in 8 games. This may be related to Leicester City’s lack of efficacy when they play at home: they scored on average 1.2 goals per game. In this difficult game at home coach Claude Puel is expected to line up in 4-3-3, benefiting the defensive organization and successive counterattacks, exploring the space on the opponent’s back. Jamie Vardy is the great highlight of Leicester City with 6 goals scored. Daniel Amartey has been booked off the bench.
Manchester City
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 44 points, after 14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Everton by (3-1). In the last match, lost at home to Crystal Palace by (2-3). His last away game for this competition ended with a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea. In the last eight away games for the championship, Manchester City have 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, having seized 17 points out of 24. In his league appearances as a visitor the most frequent result at half-time was 0-1 (3 times in 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 7 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they have managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 5 of the last 8 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. This is a team that does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: scored the first goal in 15 of the last 18 games for the Barclays Premier League, of those 15 reached the interval in advantage in 12 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘ in 14.
Manchester City come to this game with an unexpected defeat by 2-3 at the Crystal Palace reception: the team goals were scored by Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne. With this defeat, the visitors let the Liverpool leader gain a four-point lead. Usually Spanish coach Pep Guardiola lines up in 4-3-3 privileging possession of the ball and organized attacks: Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva are the main organizers of the game, both being of great pass quality and game vision. English Raheem Sterling is the best finisher of the visiting team with 9 goals scored in the championship. For this game the coach can not count on Cláudio Bravo and Mendy, both injured.
Leicester – Manchester City FREE TIPS
Manchester City – Win @ 1.35
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
