Man City v Leicester City
06 Feb 2016 14:45 Man City v Leicester City
Manchester City are coming into this match in a great position to claim their 3rd Premier League title in 5 seasons. Here they are coming off a 1-0 victory away at Sunderland and currently City sit in 2nd place on 47 points which is 3 points behind today’s opponents. Manchester City’s recent home record reads a very impressive-looking W12, D1, L2.
When hosting fellow top 6 sides, Manuel Pellegrini’s side boast a reasonable record that reads W6, D1, L3, and here they can be backed at around 1.61 which looks priced a little low. It should also be noted that the 3 defeats have come in their last 6 matches hosting a top 6 side.
The recent head-to-head record at the Etihad reads Manchester City 1 Win, 0 Draws, and Leicester 0 Wins.
The draw can be backed at around 4.35, and this looks to offer some very good value and should certainly not be discounted.
We keep on repeating ourselves week after week, but Leicester City will just not remove themselves from the this season's title challenge. Here they are coming off an impressive 2-0 victory over Liverpool and this win left the Foxes top of the table on 50 points. Leicester’s recent away record reads an extremely impressive W9, D5, L1.
When visiting the top 6 sides, Leicester’s recent away record reads a mediocre-looking W2, D0, L6, and they can be backed at around 6.00. If you do fancy the Foxes to do well, then you can keep the 1 goal loss on your side and Claudio Ranieri’s side can be backed on the +1 handicap at around 1.92, and this looks to offer some good value.
When looking at the goal line which is set at 2.5/3.0 then the stats are fairly mixed. When considering the last 10 home and away games against similar opposition. Then 6 of the 20 matches have seen 4 or more goals, 7 games have seen 3 goals, and 5 games have seen 2 or less goals scored. When looking at the general stats, then 6 of City’s last 9 home games have seen 4 or more goals scored. Here my ratings suggest value in over 2.5/3.0 goals at around 1.93.
This is a vital match, and as we have previously highlighted throughout the season that Manchester City are a completely different proposition at home as opposed to away. Even so they are coming up against a Leicester side who have been in excellent form. Indeed you have to go back 17 away games to find the last time that Leicester lost by 2 or more goals, and that was in this corresponding fixture last season. Manchester City are deserved favourites, but here they offer no value and they have slipped up this season at home to both Liverpool and West Ham. Here my recommended trade for this game is Leicester City +1.0 at around 1.92.