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Manchester City vs Leicester

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 26th December 2021

Kick-off time – 15:00 GMT

Premier League champions Manchester City will welcome Leicester City to the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day looking to take all three points.

In a rare event since Pep Guardiola took over at Man City, the Cityzens did not participate in the League Cup during midweek. Rather, they sat back and enjoyed a well deserved festive rest in preparation for this must-win game against Leicester City.

Guardiola’s side followed up their 7-0 drubbing of Leeds United with a 4-0 win over Newcastle in their last game. That result, followed by Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham solidified City’s grip on first place and ensured that they ended the Christmas break three points ahead of the rest.

They will now look to continue their dominance of the league when Leicester come visiting.

The hosts have been near-invincible since the end of the October international break winning their Champions League group and picking up ten wins in 11 Premier League (PL) games. Seven of those victories produced a margin of multiple goals.

They are currently on a run of four straight PL home wins and will fancy their chances of extending their lead at the top.

Meanwhile, after their disappointing loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, Leicester City will turn their attention to the Premier League looking to get back to winning ways.

The Foxes were thrown out of the League Cup in midweek by the Reds who beat them on penalties despite Brendan Rodgers’s men holding a 3-1 advantage in the first half.

That result extended their winless run away from home to five games and underlined the current struggles of Rodgers’ side, who are looking a shadow of themselves.

After 16 games, the visitors are sitting in ninth place, five points behind the top six places. A win here will do their poor away record so far some good (W2, D3, L3).

Meanwhile, the visitors’ Boxing Day record since their promotion to the PL in 2014 reads poorly (W1, D1, L5)  although there are mitigating circumstances with all of Leicester’s previous three Boxing Day fixtures being played against an eventual top-two side. Interestingly though, their sole win on this date following promotion came against Man City in 2018, although that win came on home turf.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

 

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