Leicester City vs. Man City
Venue: King Power Stadium
Kick off: 4PM
Leicester City head into today’s Premier League encounter with Manchester City having recorded four points from two games since the arrival of new manager Claude Puel.
As for City, Pep Guardiola will fancy his team to continue their unbeaten start to the season, although each of their last four opponents have shown that there are some chinks in the armour of the leaders.
Leicester are also finally getting to see the best of summer signing Vicente Iborra, with the former Sevilla midfielder netting his first goal for the club at the Bet365 Stadium before the international break and generally providing a commanding presence alongside Wilfred Ndidi in the centre of the pitch.
At this stage of the season, there is a feeling that only complacency will prevent City from getting their hands on the Premier League trophy for a third time in their history, but Guardiola will be stressing the need for a ruthless display on their visit to Leicester.
City remain unbeaten in all competitions this season, with only Wolverhampton Wanderers being able to keep Guardiola’s free-scoring team out all season, but the harshest of critics will be claiming that City have not been at their best in recent weeks.
Guardiola will be looking to include top goalscorer Sergio Aguero, despite fainting on international duty with Argentina, but each of David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus are capable of filling any void left by the forward.
More satisfaction may be taken if City can shut out Leicester on their own turf but throughout this season, Guardiola and his players have shown that they are capable of winning a football match either 1-0 or 7-2, and Leicester will have to produce their best performance since winning the league in order to halt a juggernaut which is only gathering pace.
Leicester City possible XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Ndidi, Iborra, Gray, Okazaki, Mahrez, Vardy.
Manchester City possible XI: Ederson, Stones, Mangala, Danilo, Walker, Fernandinho, Silva, Sane, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero.
