Leicester City vs Manchester City Preview

December 29, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

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Tuesday evening’s Premier League action comes from the King Power Stadium where surprise package of the season Leicester City take on title favourites Manchester City.

Claudio Ranieri’s side saw their ten game unbeaten league run ended at Liverpool on Boxing Day, and they slipped from first place to second by virtue of Arsenal’s win over Bournemouth on Monday evening.

Victory here will see them reclaim top spot while defeat will see them drop to third place at the expense of their opponents.

The Foxes two top scorers Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were both substituted in that defeat at Anfield but are fit enough to feature here while Danny Drinkwater could return from a hamstring injury.

Vardy is priced at 7.0 (6/1) to open the scoring with a variety of firms with Mahrez widely available at 9.0 (8/1).

The home win is as highly priced as the 4.2 (16/5) on offer from a number of bookmakers with the visitors favourites at 1.9 (9/10) with Bet Victor, who have the draw at 4.0 (3/1).

Manuel Pellegrini’s side currently sit four points off the pace but remain favourites to win the division.

Having lost to leaders Arsenal the Monday before last, the Citezens put four past lowly Sunderland on Boxing Day to take their goal scoring tally to thirty-seven, the same amount as Leicester and no team has scored more.

Captain Vincent Kompany lasted less than ten minutes in his comeback off the bench at the weekend, and is now set for another lay off after aggravating a calf problem.

Pablo Zabaletta and Fernando also miss out though top scorer Sergio Aguero is set to start.

The Argentina international is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 5.5 (9/2) with Coral, with Raheem Sterling a 9.0 (8/1) chance with the same firm.

Both of last season’s meetings between the sides ended in victory to nil for the Manchester outfit, and you can back that outcome this time around at 3.75 (11/4) with Bet Victor though with both teams so sharp in front of goal you may be more tempted by the widely available price of 1.57 (4/7) both to score here.

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