On April 15, Manchester City and Leicester will face off in a Premier League match at 16:30 UTC. Manchester City are currently second in the Premier League standings, while Leicester are sitting in 19th place. Erling Haaland has been in outstanding form this season for Manchester City, scoring 30 goals so far. Leicester have been led by James Maddison, who has scored 9 goals this season. This match will be a great opportunity to see two of the best strikers in the Premier League go head to head.
This season has been a mixed bag for Manchester City and Leicester. Manchester City had a great season at home, with 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Their biggest win was an impressive 6-0, and their biggest loss was a narrow 1-2. Meanwhile, Leicester didn’t fare as well away from home, with only 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses. Their biggest win away was 1-4, and their biggest loss was 2-1. Despite the contrasting fortunes for Manchester City and Leicester on the road, both teams have had a successful season overall.
The key statistics of the players of both teams this season:
- Assists: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) — 14 assists, James Maddison (Leicester) — 6 assists.
- Goalkeepers saves: Ederson (Manchester City) — 36, Danny Ward (Leicester) — 78
- Tackles: Rodri (Manchester City) — 29, Wout Faes (Leicester) — 40.
- Most encounters won: Rodri (Manchester City) — 155, Timothy Castagne (Leicester) — 138.
- Yellow cards: Erling Haaland (Manchester City) — 5, James Maddison (Leicester) — 8.
- Red cards: D. Costa (Manchester City) — 1, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester) — 1.
Top 5 scorers this season:
- Erling Haaland (30, Manchester City)
- Harry Kane (23, Tottenham)
- Ivan Toney (18, Brentford)
- Marcus Rashford (15, Manchester United)
- Gabriel Martinelli (14, Arsenal)
Team statistics:
This season has been an impressive one for both Manchester City and Leicester City. Manchester City has managed to play without scoring a goal 10 times, while Leicester has only conceded in 6 matches. Leicester has had the biggest winning score gap in both home and away games, with a 4-0 score at home and a 0-4 score away. On the other hand, Manchester City has suffered the biggest loss at home with a 0-3 score and away with a 6-2 score. Both teams have had great success this season, making it an exciting time for both clubs and their supporters.
The five previous matches played by the teams:
- Manchester City — WWWWW
- Leicester — LLLDL
Manchester City have been in superb form over their last five games, winning every one of them. Leicester City have been struggling, only managing to pick up one point from their last five, losing the other four. It looks like Manchester City have the upper hand heading into their next match against Leicester.
According to home statistics this season, Manchester City scores more goals and concedes more in the following intervals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 10.81% | 3.57% |
| 16-30 | 13.51% | 17.86% |
| 31-45 | 18.92% | 10.71% |
| 46-60 | 22.97% | 17.86% |
| 61-75 | 25.68% | 17.86% |
| 76-90 | 6.76% | 25.00% |
| 91-105 | 1.35% | 7.14% |
Leicester has the following time frames of scoring and conceding goals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 18.60% | 14.29% |
| 16-30 | 11.63% | 16.33% |
| 31-45 | 30.23% | 10.20% |
| 46-60 | 16.28% | 18.37% |
| 61-75 | 11.63% | 20.41% |
| 76-90 | 11.63% | 16.33% |
| 91-105 | 0% | 4.08% |
Head-to-head stats:
| Teams | Games | Win | Draws | Losses | |||
| H | A | H | A | H | A | ||
| Manchester City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Probabilities before the match:
| Manchester City | Leicester | |
| 79.3% | Winning the game | 20.7% |
| 79% | Attack potential | 21% |
| 75% | Potential in defense | 25% |
| 80% | Strength against each other | 20% |
| 71% | Goal Potential | 29% |
Summary: the probability of Leicester winning – 0, draw – 50%, loss – 50%. Thus Manchester City, most likely, win (win or draw)
Goal Forecast:Manchester City, is likely to score 5 goals, Leicester is likely to score no more than 3.
The bookmaker odds for this match:
| Home win | Draw | Away win |
| 10Bet 1.15 |
188Bet 9.15 |
SBO 22.0 |
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The match between the teams Manchester City and Leicester will take place on April 15 at 16:30 (UTC) at the stadium Etihad Stadium.
