2015-16 Premier League Champions Leicester welcome runaway leaders Manchester City to the King Power stadium – looking to be the first team to beat Pep Guardiola’s men this term. Claude Puel has overseen a win and a draw in his first two matches in charge of the Foxes and he will be fully aware of the task facing him on Saturday. Manchester City have blown away all before them so far this term and currently sit 8 points clear of the chasing pack in the Premier League.
English Premier League – King Power Stadium – Saturday 18th November 2017 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 4 at William Hill |
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Leicester City
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The Foxes had a tough start to the season for which Craig Shakespeare paid the ultimate price and lost his job back in October. Claude Puel has overseen an encouraging period in which his side have charged up the league to 12th position with 13 points from their 11 games. Jamie Vardy is the focal point generally for the blues and the England international has scored 6 goals already this term.
Manchester City
Pundits have run out of superlatives for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City with the sky blues having won 10 and drawn 1 of their 11 league games. Their European form has been equally as impressive with 4 wins from 4 so far in the Champions League. They’ve notched 52 goals already this term in all formats and have a remarkable +31 goal difference in the Premier League. Sergio Aguero broke the club’s all-time goal scoring record against Napoli a fortnight ago and the Argentine has notched 10 goals already this season.
Head to Head
This has become one of the most prominent fixtures in the Premier League calendar in recent seasons with both teams emerging as two of the richest teams in the league. Manchester City hold a convincing 54:29 lead in the head to head record between the two sides with an additional 29 draws being played out between the pair. Leicester claimed a famous 4-2 victory over City in the equivalent fixture last term whilst City got their revenge in May 2017 with a 2-1 win at the Etihad.
Odds and Predictions
Manchester City can’t stop scoring this season whilst Leicester haven’t failed to score in a match since September.
Both teams to score – YES – looks a strong bet at 4/6 with William Hill.
Sergio Aguero has been in fine form this season and sits joint top of the Premier League scoring charts.
Sergio Aguero to score anytime looks a solid punt at 4/6 with Betway.
Leicester have conceded 16 goals in their 11 Premier League matches so far this term.
Over 2.5 goals in the game looks a good bet at 4/9 with Bet 365.
Despite Leicester’s improvements in recent weeks, Manchester City should have too much confidence and quality.
Manchester City to win the match is a sensible bet at 4/11 with Skybet.
Score Prediction
Leicester City 1 – 2 Manchester City – 17/2 with Bet 365.
Top Betting Tip
This could well be the most entertaining match of the weekend between two forward thinking teams.
Manchester City to win the match and both teams to score looks a great punt at 8/5 with Coral.