Playing at home feels safe and good for Leicester City, but Manchester City are fully motivated and qualified to win. What happens?
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (36) in Premier League
The visiting Manchester City played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Borussia Dortmund, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester City.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester City have played 6 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 289 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Leicester City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wolverhampton Wanderers's place. The match ended 4-0 with Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes and Vardy scoring. As mentioned above, Leicester "killed" Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Goalkeeper Ward got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.34 out of ten. Ward topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Leicester City won a home game hosting Leeds United (2-0).Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
The Leicester City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Leicester City have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manchester City form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (36) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Borussia Dortmund in their previous outing. The Champions League duel ended 0-0. Rodri got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Rodri had 134 successful passes (of 142 total).
Before that, City secured a home win against Brighton & Hove Albion with the score 3-1.As mentioned earlier, Manchester City will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 11 wins (8 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Take note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sevilla in just four days.
City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Leicester City wins - draws - Manchester City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 17 goals |   J. Maddison 6 goals |  P. Foden 6 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Leicester City | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 36 |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 73% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 64% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.6 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16 | 16.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 42% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 50% |
| 12.7 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 4.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
- Leicester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Premier League
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (36) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Fulham | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Brentford | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Everton | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
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