Leicester vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips (29 December)

Once again a member of the elite of English football this year after having had to take a short trip to the lower echelon this year, Leicester are struggling as best they can to establish themselves permanently again in the Premier League. The Foxes must indeed fight to keep their heads above water and not fall into the red zone. Especially since they went on a series of 3 games without a win against Brighton 2-2, Newcastle 4-0 and finally Wolverhampton 0-3. This bad dynamic is likely to continue this Thursday on Liverpool ground. In the standings, Ruud Van Nistelrooij's players are still 17th, one point ahead of the red zone. On the Manchester City side, we are undoubtedly going through the worst crisis in the club's history since the arrival of the owners of the Abu Dhabi United Group.

Most certainly having reached the end of the cycle, this Mancunian team has found itself stuck in a particularly stubborn run of bad form from which it is unable to escape. Indeed, the Sky-Blues have won only one of their last 12 matches in all competitions, against Nottingham Forest 3-0 at the start of the month. Since then, Pep Guardiola's squad has scored a draw against Crystal Palace 2-2 and three defeats against Juventus in C1 2-0 and against United 1-2 and Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League. Only 7th in this championship, the Citizen will try to restart the machine on Thursday against Everton.

The residents of the King Power Stadium are still forced to operate without the important midfielder Ndidi, the potentially starting winger Fatawu, the number 2 goalkeeper Stolarczyk and the now replacement full-back Ricardo Pereira who are all on the flank. Unsure on Thursday during the trip to Anfield, veteran striker Jamie Vardy (6 goals and 3 assists in the PL) is not sure he will be fit either. Conversely, Argentinian attacking midfielder Buonanotte (4 goals and 2 assists in the PL) should be able to hold his place. In addition to not finding the solutions to revive his team, Pep Guardiola still deplores several absences. Indeed, senior defenders Ruben Dias and Aké, young winger Bobb and Ballon d'Or Rodri in midfield are sorely missing from this team at the moment.

All in doubt before challenging Everton on Thursday, midfielder Matheus Nunes, goalkeeper Ederson and senior defender Stones are not at all guaranteed to be present this weekend. Out of fuel, the cyborg Haaland (13 goals in the PL) had only scored once in 6 days against Everton. The truculent Grealish and the nugget Foden (1 goal) fail to take over. Doku (2 goals) is also disappointing while creators De Bruyne (2 goals and 2 assists) and Bernardo Silva (1 goal, 4 assists) no longer really have the same performance as before.