Manchester City, the undefeated and fired leader of the English Premier League in its 2017/2018 season, is the rival on Saturday, 18 November, of Leicester. The match, which will be held at King Power Stadium, is scheduled to start at 13h (BrasÃlia time). It is part of the schedule of the twelfth round.
Leicester’s recent performance
After living a fairy tale by getting the Premier League trophy in the 2015/2016 season, Leicester returned to everyday rice and beans just to claim the right to remain in the elite division of English football.
This means, even, the ‘relay’ of technicians to create new facts to motivate the players and achieve the necessary points to escape the sticking. Craig Shakespeare, who took office after Claudio Ranieri’s resignation last season, has already swelled the line of unemployment insurance. The coach on duty is now Frenchman Claude Puel.
The effect expected by the change happened. Leicester have made an unbeaten run of six games (three wins and three losses). The list includes five Premier League games and one English League Cup match.
Thus, the team arrives in a comfortable twelfth position to face the leader of the tournament. He has 13 points (three wins, four draws and four losses). There are four more in comparison with the West Ham, which is the eighteenth place and opens the relegation region.
Puel will not be able to count on Portuguese midfielder Adrien Silva, whose entry can only be accepted at the next transfer window in January, and has doubts regarding the use of the Iborra socks (five matches in the English Premier League season 2017/2018, one goal) and James Matthew (four games, no goal). They are in the process of recovery from injury and depend on a new evaluation from the medical department to determine if they can act.
The current form of Manchester City
The Manchester Blues have reached 31 (ten wins and one draw) of the 33 played so far in the English Premier League. They lead eight-point slack in comparison to second-placed Manchester United and Tottenham.
The setting is even more favorable when the numbers of the other competitions are taken into account. City have not suffered a defeat in official matches since the 2 to 1 applied by Chelsea on April 5 of the 2016/2017 season. He has played 26 games since then reaching 22 wins and tying in four opportunities.
The campaign ensured not only the Premier League tip but also the qualification for the Round of 16 of the European Champions League with two rounds of anticipation and survival in the League Cup of England.
For the clash in Leicester on Saturday, coach Pepe Guardiola has four probable losses. Defenders Vincent Kompany (three Premier League games 2017/2018, no goal) and Benjamin Mendy (four games without a goal) are handed over to the medical department; and socks Fabian Delph (six games, one goal) and Raheem Sterling (nine games, seven goals).
History of the bouts between Leicester and Manchester City
Who played at home won last season. In Leicester, the hosts made it 4-2. In Manchester, City scored 2-1.
The large number of Manchester City runners-up for national teams makes games like these become more unpredictable and thus open up room for more risky hunches. Having a better preparation, at least in theory, Leicester is a good Betting option with a bet of 9.50 on Bet365. Draw has a prize of 5.25 and City’s success earns 1.30 per real invested.