Manchester City vs Leicester City Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Manchester City are firm favourites heading into their home clash with Leicester City on Wednesday night, as Pep Guardiola’s men are 31 points ahead of the Foxes, with the latter sitting in 19th-place with 17 points from 29 matches.

Pep Guardiola’s men have won three of their last five matches, while Ruud van Nistelrooy has overseen just three wins in 18 matches since joining the Foxes on 29th November.

City’s home record is the sixth-best in the division, as they’ve earned 27 points from 14 matches, winning eight, drawing three and losing just three times, while scoring 30 goals and conceding 19.

Leicester’s away record is nothing short of embarrassing, as they have managed just eight points away from the King Power Stadium, winning two, drawing two and losing 10, while scoring just 14 goals and conceding 35 times.

The Cityzens have a strong record against Leicester, as they’ve won nine of the last 11 head-to-head meetings, including a 2-0 away win back on 29th December.

Prediction: Manchester City 3-0 Leicester City

Fifth-place Manchester City hosts 19th-place Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium in what is a crucial Premier League clash for both clubs.

Date: 02/04/2025

Location: Etihad Stadium

Time: 7:45pm

The reverse fixture resulted in a 2-0 win for Manchester City back on 29th December, as Savinho and Erling Haaland scored on either side of half time at the King Power Stadium.

When these two sides last met at the Etihad Stadium in April 2023, City were victorious once again as Erling Haaland fired in a brace while John Stones also got on the scoresheet.

As far as the Premier League table goes, City are desperately trying to requalify for the Champions League, as they sit fifth with 48 points from 29 matches, one point behind Chelsea in fourth-place, There is a good possibility that England may get a fifth Champions League qualification place due to UEFA’s coefficient rules.

City will be desperate to win the FA Cup as they aim to avoid their first trophyless season since the 2016/17 campaign. They recently qualified for the semi-finals of that competition with a 2-1 win at AFC Bournemouth. Guardiola’s men have been drawn to play Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals of that competition.

Leicester City’s season has been nothing short of a disaster, as they are 19th-place with 17 points from 29 matches, seeing them sit nine points adrift of Wolverhampton Wanderers, meaning that every game is a must-win for them if they are to avoid what feels like an inevitable relegation back to the Championship.

There has been little escapism for Leicester fans from their Premier League campaign, as they were defeated in the Fourth Round of both the EFL Cup and FA Cup by Manchester United via 5-2 and 2-1 scorelines.

Manchester City versus Leicester City will not be broadcast live on UK TV.

Manchester City

Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, John Stones and Erling Haaland are all injury doubts for Manchester City’s home clash with Leicester City.

Leicester City

Ricardo Pereira and Issahaku Fatawu are Leicester’s only injury doubts for their trip to Manchester on Wednesday night.

Manchester City

Manchester City have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five matches.

Of those two victories, two of them have come in the FA Cup against Plymouth Argyle (3-1) and AFC Bournemouth (2-1) with Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush scoring against the latter mentioned opponent.

Their only league win in this sequence of matches came at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur as Haaland scored the only goal of the game in the 12th-minute, while their other league matches saw them suffer a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest prior to a 2-2 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Leicester City

Leicester City have lost all of their last five matches.

The Foxes were beaten 3-0 by Manchester United prior to the international break as Rasmus Hojlund, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes all got on the scoresheet for Ruben Amorim’s men.

In the run-up to that game, van Nistelrooy’s men suffered further losses to Chelsea (1-0), West Ham United (2-0), Brentford (4-0) and Arsenal (2-0).

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