On December 26, at 18:00 Moscow time, Manchester City will play at home with Leicester in the Premier League match. The Etihad hosts, who are leading in the championship, will try to take revenge for the defeat by the Foxes in the August game for the English Super Cup. Famous commentator Vasily Utkin gave his forecast for the match.
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## In what form is Manchester City
34 wins in a calendar year is a new record for the English championships, set by Manchester City players on December 19. The achievement can be improved if the Citizens beat Leicester and Brentford in the next two rounds. Josep Guardiola's wards have 8 wins in a row, five of which turned out to be dry. The goal difference in the last three rounds is 12:0.
Despite the first place in the standings and a 3-point advantage over Liverpool, Guardiola is still unhappy with the current state of things. The Catalan specialist criticizes the Premier League for the tight schedule of Boxing Day games, especially against the background of a new wave of coronavirus. And also because of the possibility to make only three substitutions, although there are five in the other top championships.
At the same time, Manchester City has the fewest cases of positive tests for covid among the leaders of the Premier League. Taking into account the long bench, the "citizens" have the opportunity to play with an optimal composition. Of the losses, only defender Kyle Walker and striker Ferran Torres, who is due to move to Barcelona in the coming weeks. Guardiola's team scored 105 goals in the current calendar year in the Premier League, updating the record for all time appearances in the top English division.
## In what form is Leicester
In the last 12 matches in all competitions, the Foxes have achieved only three victories in regular time: over Legia (3:1) in the Europa League, as well as over Watford (4:2) and Newcastle (4:0) in the Premier League. In the championship, the team is in ninth place, with 22 points less than Manchester City. At the same time, Leicester played two matches less due to the difficult situation at the club after a number of positive tests for coronavirus in players. The league had to postpone the Foxes' games with Tottenham and Everton on December 16 and 19.
On the eve of the meeting with the "citizens" in the championship, Leicester flew out of the English League Cup. Brendan Rodgers' wards won 2-0 and 3-1 during the quarterfinal match with Liverpool's semi-reserve squad, however, they allowed the opponent to equalize the score in the 95th minute and win on penalties. Even Jamie Vardy, who scored a double in 4 minutes and scored for the first time since November 28, did not help the team.
The situation for Leicester is aggravated by the injury of the main central defender Caglar Sejunju, who risks missing the meeting against City. In the last 18 matches in all tournaments, the Foxes managed not to miss only once, which does not inspire optimism on the eve of a game with one of the most productive teams of the championship. 8 of the last 10 won or lost away games of Leicester in the Premier League ended with a score of 2:1.
## Manchester City – Leicester: personal meeting statistics
The last meeting of the teams at the Etihad ended with a sensational defeat of Guardiola's wards. In September 2020, Leicester took away a victory from Manchester with a score of 5:2. Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick in that match. However, in the current season, the "foxes" beat away only the teams that rose from the Championship at the end of last season.
In the last two games of City and Leicester in the Premier League, the citizens were stronger - 2:0 and 1:0.
## Vasily Utkin's forecast for the Manchester City – Leicester match on December 26
**Manchester City will score in 1.05**
- City have won the last four Premier League matches with a total score of 15:1! "Citizens" scored in each of the last eight rounds and only in one of them – less than two goals. In a meeting with an unstable Leicester, I recommend betting that Manchester City will score.
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