1st position in the Premier League table for Manchester City so far this season, a tip-top campaign. The home team supporters pray for more entertainment as 9th-placed Leicester City visit Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leicester City have scored away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Liverpool, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Leicester City.
Manchester City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Etihad Stadium as Manchester City have scored 25 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Manchester City has won eight games in a row. The Crystal Palace match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Manchester City, as their goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes has completely shut out the opponents for 286 minutes in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for City, who won 4-0 against Newcastle United (placed 19th). As mentioned above, City "killed" Newcastle United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Mahrez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Mahrez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that game, the 7-0 home victory against Leeds United.The manager Guardiola i Sala will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brentford in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Etihad Stadium in the league this season as City has scored 25 goals here in 9 home games. City have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Leicester City form and stats
Playing away, Leicester City have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Leicester are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Liverpool (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (placed 2nd). Drawing 3-3 against Liverpool (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Rodgers needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against Liverpool (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Vardy got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Vardy scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Newcastle United in the Premier League.After this away game Leicester City return home for a Premier League game against Liverpool. That game is only two sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Leicester's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Leicester struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head game ended Leicester City - Manchester City 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): City six wins, one draw and Leicester City three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 9 goals |   B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva 7 goals |  R. Sterling 5 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Manchester City | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 44 | 25 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 56% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 12% | 19% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 61% | 78% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 8.6 | 8.4 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 1.9 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19.4 | 20 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| 7.5 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 35% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.9 | 15.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
- All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leicester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Leicester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leicester City have scored away.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (25) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 35 | 44 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
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