Manchester City vs Leicester City
English Premier League
Date: Sunday, 27 September 2020
Kick-off at 16:30 UK/ 17:30 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City vs Leicester City News Team
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has a selection headache ahead of this game as it is set to be without a number of players from the first team for the visit of the Foxes. Due to injuries and some players tested positive for Covid-19, it will have a limited number of players to choose from.
Injured / Unavailable: Bernardo Silva, Sergio Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko, João Cancelo, Gabriel Jesus
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Aymeric Laporte Eric Garcia
Leicester City
While Rodgers did not have as much as Absent his Catalan counterpart Leicester also a list of key names set to miss the clash. Ricardo Pereira star defender is a notable name on the treatment table and should be supplemented by Justin James.
Injured / Unavailable: Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Demarai Gray, Assistant Cengiz
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Filip Benkovic
Prediction
Manchester City following their 3-1 win at Wolves with a 2-1 win over Bournemouth to book their place in the next round of the Carabao Cup. They won their last four visits to Leicester and will look to continue this strong case here.
Foxes started the season strong, winning victories over West Brom and Burnley, but succumbed to an output Carabao Cup at the hands of Arsenal in midweek. Their record at the Etihad Stadium is not big, but they think their chances of at least score in Manchester.
City, however, ways to capitalize on the absence of Wilfred Ndidi come here to win.
Man City March 1 Leicester