PREMIER LEAGUE MONDAY: We preview Monday’s Premier League game between MAN CITY v LEICESTER with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats.
MANCHESTER CITY V LEICESTER
8pm It’s the last Monday Night Football of the season and what a massive game we have to enjoy! Liverpool grinded out a 3-2 win away against Newcastle on Saturday night and now the pressure goes back on to Manchester City who host Leicester. Brendan Rodgers has Leicester is superb form coming into this game; will he do his old club the biggest favour ever tonight?
Manchester City are heavy odds on favourites; however they have drifted out by a tick or two after the weekend – punters are sensing a slip up, surely we see some drama in this run-in? The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Manchester City 1.2, Leicester 17.0 and the draw is 8.8.
City are definitely a good value lay at 1.2 – Leicester have already beaten them this season and Jamie Vardy arrives into this fixture in red hot form. Leicester have nothing to lose and all the pressure is on City; we should see an attacking game. Of course, the hosts come into this game having won 12 Premier League games in a row but Leicester have won five from their last seven, including thrashing Arsenal 3-0 last weekend.
Perhaps it’s unwise to lay Manchester City given their superb run of form, however we feel that they are just too short at 1.2 against a side like Leicester. We fully expect the away side to make this game look a lot closer than odds of 1.2 suggest and from a value point of view, we’re very happy to lay City at these odds. Liverpool fans may be smiling tonight!
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MATCH STATS
- Manchester City have won three of their last four Premier League meetings with Leicester, though they did lose the reverse fixture 1-2 back in December.
- Leicester are looking to complete the top-flight double over Manchester City for the first time since the 1986-87 campaign, while they’re also looking to do the double against the reigning top-flight champions for the first time since 1985-86 against Everton.
- Manchester City have won three of their last four Premier League home games against Leicester, having lost their first three such games against the Foxes.
- Manchester City have won each of their last 12 Premier League games – it’s the fifth run of a team winning 12+ games in a row in the competition’s history, with Man City the only side to have done so twice.
- Leicester have never won away from home on a Monday in the Premier League, drawing three and losing eight of their 11 such matches.
- Man City haven’t lost their last home league game of the season since 2012-13 (2-3 vs Norwich), winning four and drawing one since.
- Man City have won eight of their last 10 Premier League home games in May (D2), scoring 29 goals and conceding just five in that run.
- Pep Guardiola has lost two Premier League games against Leicester as Man City boss – only against Chelsea (3) has the Spaniard lost more in the competition.
- Sergio Aguero has scored 15 Premier League home goals for Man City this season – only in 2011-12 (16) has he scored more at the Etihad in a single campaign in the competition.
- Since his Premier League debut in 2014-15, Jamie Vardy has scored more goals against ‘big six’ opponents than any other player in the competition (31).
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