Manchester City - Leicester City FC prediction 26.12.2021 Premier League
Matchday 19 in the Premier League features the clash between Manchester City and Leicester City at Etihad Stadium. The referee for this fixture (Dec 26, 2021 at 4:00 PM) will be Chris Kavanagh. In our preview of Manchester City vs. Leicester City, you will receive all the important details and facts about this Premier League fixture. We will begin with an analysis of the current form of the two teams.
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Manchester City emerged the winner in 5 of their last 5 league games (5 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats. In 9 games on home turf in the current Premier League season 2021/2022, Manchester City have won 7 times, with 1 match ending in a draw, and 1 game ending in defeat (Goal difference 25:3).
In their last 5 Premier League fixtures, Leicester City have won 2 games (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats). In all previous Premier League matches away from home, Leicester City have a negative record: 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats - Goal difference 12:15.
A head-to-head comparison of the two teams in their last five Premier League clashes shows that Manchester City managed to get 3 wins, while in 2 matches, Leicester City snatched the three points. In 0 encounters between the two teams, the points were shared. If we solely focus on the home record of Manchester City against Leicester, the stats are as follows: 4 wins Manchester City, 0 draws and 1 win for Leicester City.
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The all-conquering Manchester City will be looking to extend their winning streak and exert more pressure on the chasing pack when they host Leicester at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day.
The defending champions have now won eight league games on the trot to take charge of the title race and are now regarded as the prohibitive favorites to retain their title by most bookmakers.
We will turn the spotlight on Frapapa and Betway app for our betting tips in this preview.
MANCHESTER CITY
City took a 3 point lead over Liverpool at the top of the pile going into Christmas after an impressive 8 game winning streak that was underlined by two dominant performances at the tail end of that run – a 7-0 thrashing of Leeds United followed a 4-0 whopping at the Etihad of Newcastle, when they seemed to actually take their feet off the pedal a bit.
Granted, Leicester is a little bit better than both of those two clubs, but Cityzens have just been on a different stratosphere and it is difficult to see how the Foxes can avoid the hangman’s noose here.
Pep Guardiola expressed his frustrations with a rather lacklustre 2nd half against Newcastle in that last league game. With the chasing pack still within touching distance, we can expect a much more engaged and robust performance from his charges here.
LEICESTER CITY
Leicester have been out of action in the Premier League for the last couple of weeks after a COVID outbreak in their rank and file occasioned the postponement of their games against Tottenham and Everton. Technically, it means both of these teams are coming into this match after beating Newcastle by an identical score of 4-0 in their previous league games.
That however is as far as the comparison with City goes. The Foxes have been far from their best this season and they find themselves getting sucked into mid-table mediocrity.
Brendan Rodgers has the unenviable task of trying to slow down the Man City war tank that seems to be crushing everyone and everything in their path right now. It’s a tall order but certainly not beyond the realm of possibility.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
MAN CITY
- Ederson
- Stones
- Dias
- Laporte
- Zinchenko
- Rodri
- Grealish
- Mahrez
- Sterling
- De Bruyne
- Foden
- COACH: Pep Guardiola
- MISSING PLAYERS: Mendy (Suspended), Delap (Ankle), Walker (Knock)
LEICESTER
- Schmeichel
- Castagne
- Evans
- Soyuncu
- Thomas
- Tielemans
- Ndidi
- Maddison
- Dewsbury-Hall
- Barnes
- Daka
- COACH: Brendan Rodgers
- MISSING PLAYERS: Amartey (Illness), Benkovic (Illness), Daley-Campbell (Illness), Fofana (Leg), Iheanacho (Illness), Justin (Knee), Lookman (Illness), Perez (Illness), Vestergaard (Illness)
MAN CITY VS LEICESTER PREDICTIONS
Although City have been destroying their opponents particularly in the recent matches, Leicester will provide a much sterner test for them. City won 1-0 through a Bernardo Silva goal when they met back in September. We expect Leicester to keep things tight to start the game but City will eventually get the breakthrough and possibly pump in a couple more goals along the way. As such we feel the 2nd half of this game is where the bulk of the scoring will come. Frapapa have this option priced @ 1.96 and we are rolling with it as our opening Premier League prediction.
City have won each of their last three straight duels but with relatively modest scorelines. There is always a temptation to pick City to overrun things but the reality is they aren’t gonna win every game by the crazy 4-0 margins. Sometimes they will need to just get the job done and move onto the next. This we feel could be one of those games and we are backing them to win and under 4.5 goals scored @ 1.61 at Betway Welcome Bonus for our last call.
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Performance
Manchester City performance of the last 6 home matches
Leicester City performance of the last 4 away matches
Current Standing
| POS | TEAM | PTS | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
1
|
Manchester City
|
93 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 73 |
|
2
2
|
Liverpool FC
|
92 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 26 | 68 |
|
3
3
|
Chelsea FC
|
74 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 33 | 43 |
|
4
4
|
Tottenham Hotspur
|
71 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 40 | 29 |
|
5
5
|
Arsenal FC
|
69 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 13 |
|
6
6
|
Manchester United
|
58 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 0 |
|
7
7
|
West Ham United FC
|
56 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 51 | 9 |
|
9
8
|
Leicester City FC
|
52 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 3 |
|
10
9
|
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
|
51 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | -2 |
|
8
10
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
|
51 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | -5 |
|
12
11
|
Newcastle United FC
|
49 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 62 | -18 |
|
13
12
|
Crystal Palace FC
|
48 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 46 | 4 |
|
11
13
|
Brentford FC
|
46 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | -8 |
|
14
14
|
Aston Villa FC
|
45 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | -2 |
|
15
15
|
Southampton FC
|
40 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 67 | -24 |
|
16
16
|
Everton FC
|
39 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | -23 |
|
17
17
|
Leeds United FC
|
38 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | -37 |
|
18
18
|
Burnley FC
|
35 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 53 | -19 |
|
19
19
|
Watford FC
|
23 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 77 | -43 |
|
20
20
|
Norwich City FC
|
22 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | -61 |
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