In-form Manchester City continue their bid to hunt down Premier League leaders Arsenal when they host Leicester City on Saturday night.
Pep Guardiola’s side made a statement of intent in midweek, beating European giants Bayern Munich 3-0 to take a potentially decisive lead into the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie next week.
They’ll face a Foxes outfit that sacked Brendan Rodgers before losing at home to Aston Villa and fellow relegation contenders Bournemouth. They’re yet to install a permanent replacement for the departed Northern Irishman, but have appointed Dean Smith on an interim basis.
Here’s what you need to know about this lopsided encounter.
Man City vs Leicester H2H Results (Last Five Games)
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Man City team news
Guardiola has few injury concerns to deal with heading into the weekend. What remains to be seen is just how much he will tinker with the side that outplayed Bayern on Wednesday.
The Catalan manager recently said Kyle Walker can’t play in his new system, but the England right back could get a recall to freshen up the starting XI. Phil Foden is their only confirmed absentee.
Man City predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias. Ake; Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland.
Leicester team news
Dean Smith will hope to have Youri Tielemans available for his first match in charge, but James Justin is a long-term absentee and Jannik Vestergaard is training away from the first team.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has served his suspension and may come back into the Leicester starting XI.
Leicester predicted lineup (4-3-3): Iversen; Castagne, Amartey, Faes, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare, Dewsbury-Hall; Maddison, Vardy, Barnes.
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A rather large mismatch is on the cards here.
Man City proved they have their eyes on multiple prizes with victory over Bayern and with a number of players in brilliant form to accompany the already lethal Erling Haaland, a clash with one of the Premier League’s relegation contenders shouldn’t provide too many problems.
Leicester’s bleak defeat to Bournemouth emphasised the poor state the club is in right now. Only the most ardent and optimistic Foxes fan would predict anything other than a heavy City win here.
Prediction: Man City 4-0 Leicester
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