Manchester City vs Leicester Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 18/12/2019, 10:07  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 18/12/2019 at 11:07 in Premier League Predictions

Second placed Leicester City begin a difficult festive period with an away tip to Manchester City who are third in the Premier League table. Liverpool are away in Qatar and you can bet they would just love this match to end in a draw. The home side are 14 points behind Liverpool going into this game and can't afford to drop many more points. They continue to be scoring plenty of goals but it's their ability at the back that is the problem. City have conceded 19 league goals this season and that's only six less than the combined figures for Liverpool and Leicester. Home form isn't as strong as it usually is for City. While Liverpool and Leicester have only lost one home league fixture between them, Pep Guardiola's team has already lost to both Wolves (who they play on December 27) and Manchester United.

Leicester City enter a crucial stage of their 2019/20 season. After this game at the Etihad, they host Liverpool on Boxing Day. Two wins would breathe life into their title bid that faltered when only drawing with Norwich City last weekend. A couple of defeats would see them concentrating on securing a Champions League place. They had won eight league games in a row before having to come from behind to rescue a point against Norwich. Away form is good with four straight wins and 17 goals scored. Both sides have excellent attacks and a bet on both teams scoring is the way to get a winner from this match.