Manchester City hosts Leicester City in round 18 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, December 21st at Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
This match will probably be the last opportunity for Manchester City to catch up with Leicester City, which holds just a brilliant season and takes second place in the standings. The Foxes have excellent chances to usurp much more titled names of the Premier League from the pedestal. The Citizens seem obvious favorites only on paper because the men of Josep Guardiola are no better than the current Foxes in all the components of the game. By the way, the hosts regularly lose points in the current championship, including in the most important matches. For example, they recently lost at home to Manchester United, which is far from formidable nowadays (1:2). Manchester City also lost to Liverpool without any chances (1:3) and tied with Tottenham at Etihad (2-2). I won’t even talk about a draw with Newcastle (2:2) and strange losses to Wolverhampton (in the home field - 0: 2) and outsider Norwich (2:3).
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As for the visitors, they are moving to their second major achievement (after the gold medals won several years ago) at a rapid-fire pace. Leicester seriously claims to become the vice-champion of England. At the same time, the Foxes failed in only two of 17 matches, having lost in an equal fight to the grandees - Liverpool (1:2) and Manchester United (0:1). That is, they lost with a difference of fewer than two goals.
I think that it will be very hard for Manchester City to hope even for an ordinary victory. The team noticeably lost its power, so the victory with a 2-goal handicap causes serious doubts. In conclusion, I will add that the Citizens managed to gain only three confident victories in eight home matches of the current championship, having beaten very modest Brighton (4-0), Watford (8-0) and Aston Villa (3-0). The figures are not very impressive on the eve of the battle with very strong Leicester, are they?
Prediction for the match: Leicester to win with +1.5 handicap
