Manchester City vs Leicester City Preview

February 5, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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Saturday’s Premier League action kicks off at the Etihad Stadium where favourites Manchester City take on leaders Leicester City.

The Citizens beat lowly Sunderland last time out to keep up the pressure on their opponents and another three points here will see them reclaim first place thanks to their superior goal difference.

That result extended their unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions, and they have kept clean sheets in five of those games.

Jesus Navas is the latest of Manuel Pellegrini’s squad to be ruled out and joins Kevin de Bruyne, Vincent Kompany, Samir Nasri, Eliaquim Mangala and Wilfried Bony on the sidelines though Fabian Delph could feature.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to open the scoring at 4.2 (16/5) with Paddy Power, with Yaya Toure a 9.0 (8/1) chance with a variety of firms.

The home win is 1.65 (13/20) with Betfair, with the visitors as highly priced as the 6.0 (5/1) on offer from several bookmakers. The draw is widely available at 4.2 (16/5).

The Foxes maintained their three point lead at the summit with an impressive victory over Liverpool with Jamie Vardy once again the star of the show.

The England international scored a a stunning brace, with his opener on the hour mark a strong contender for goal of the season.

Vardy is once again set to lead the line for Claudio Ranieri’s side, who have no fresh injury worries ahead of the game.

The Premier League’s top scorer is priced at 8.5 (15/2) to get the first goal of the game with William Hill, with Riyad Mahrez a 13.0 (12/1) chance with the same firm.

The sides played out a goalless draw at the King Power stadium in what was their final fixture of 2015, while Manchester City also kept clean sheets in both of last season’s clashes.

You can back a home win to nil this time around at 2.85 (24/13) with 888 Sport while a clean sheet for the hosts is available at a price of 2.45 (29/20) with Coral.

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