After a blistering performance vs. Wolves coming home with a 4-0 away win shows again what Brendan Rodgers and his team can do if getting the right touch.
Leicester are out of the relegation zone and winning at home vs. Man City must be the ideal goal, three new points would set Leicester on a climb towards other areas and hopefully this nightmare start of the season will just be ugly history..
But still there are challenges as players picks up certain knocks and injuries strikes with Wilfred Ndidi and Jonny Evans on the sidelines as well as Ricardo and Bertrand, both being out long term. We will see if Rodgers gets a full squad for select from or still have to consider his options.
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Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 17
MCI: 2
Injuries / Uncertainties / Suspensions:
LEI: Pereira, Bertrand, Ndidi, Evans, Soyuncu,
MCI: Haaland, Cancelo, Phillips, Walker
Head to Head:
Last Three
Community Shield; 07.08.21, Wembley, 1-0 (W)
Premier League; 11.09.21, King Power, 0-1 (D)
Premier League; 29.12.21, Etihad, 3-6 (L)
Possible Line-Up’s:
Leicester City: Ward, Justin, Castagne, Faes, Amartey, D-Hall, Soumare, Tielemans, Maddison, Vardy, Barnes
Man City: Ederson; Cancelo, Dias, Akanji, Laporte; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Foden, Alvarez, Grealish
Predicted Result: 4-2 (Win)
Players In Both Camps, Man City
Focus On; Man City
Nickname: The Blues
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Captain: Ilkay Gundogan
Owner: Sheikh Mansour
Kit Supplier: Puma
Kit Sponsor: Etihad Travels
Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Capacity: 53,400
Wikipedia
Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark’s (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club’s home ground is the Etihad Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, in the first season with the current name.[3] Over the course of its history, the club has won eight league titles, six FA Cups, eight League Cups, six FA Community Shields, and one European Cup Winners’ Cup, making them the fifth most successful club in English football,
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Kit:
Crafted in partnership with PUMA, the Man City home kit features a burgundy trim and a centralised crest to create a glorious design. Blue top, white shorts and combined colours in stockings.
Arch-enemy: Manchester United
Honours: Man City is a club with a proud history and won their first ever league title back in 1936-37 and had only one twice when they in 2011/12 managed to win for a thrid time and startet a rain on those titles as of today is the holders and been so eight times..
Domestic
1st Division / Premier League
Champions: 1936-37, 1967-68, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22
Runners Up: 1903-04, 1920-21, 1976-77, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2019-20
Division Two /One /Championship
Champions: 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
Runners-up: 1895–96, 1950–51, 1988–89, 1999–2000
Division Three / Three South / League One
Promotoed: 1998/99
Division Four / League Two
Runners-up: N/A
FA Cup
Winners: 1903–04, 1933–34, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2010–11, 2018–19
Runners-up: 1925–26, 1932–33, 1954–55, 1980–81, 2012–13
League Cup
Winners: 1969–70, 1975–76, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Runners-Up: 1973–74
Europe
Europa Cup / Champions League: 1968/69, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22 (r.up), 2022/23
UEFA Cup: 1972/73, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 2003/04, 2008/09
European Cup Winners Cup: 1969/70 (Winners), 1970/71
Europa League: 2010/11
Did You Know? The clubs previous ground, Maine Road, had the largest crowd ever for a game in England besides Wembley. 84569 were inside the gates. When Man City reduced their capacity from 88000 til 31000 going to an all seater situation, it became the largest reduction in capacity ever for a football ground in England.
Most Appearances: (M) Alan Oakes (1959-1976), 680
Most Goals: (F) Sergio Aguero (2011/2021), 261
Other Famous Players: Colin Bell, Rodney Marsh, Francis Lee, Don Revie, Glyn Pardoe, Willie Donachie, Joe Corrigan, Vincent Kompany, David Silva, Joe Hart, Mike Doyle, Tony Book, Peter Barnes, Dennis Tueart, Dave Watson, Tommy Booth, Tony Towers, Neil Young
Record League win: 11-3 v Lincoln City, 23 March 1895
Record League defeat: 1-9 v Everton, 3 September 1906
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