Leicester will play Man City in their next fixture, coming up on the 29th of December. Man City are going through a very difficult period far from what they believed was possible. Pep Guardiola is in his 500th game and of course will try to get all three points, but this could be the day for Leicester, as they showed vs. Liverpool, they can compete against the very best, having a cunning game plan.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has so far experienced a mixed bag of results, starting on a high with a win and a draw, but since had difficulties to get points on board, and especially in the last home game vs. Wolves, getting the hammer so hard that few believed this could be happening.
Coming to this match with a bit of optimism, but still a lot of uncertainties to take into account as the squad looks a bit thin, with so many uncertainties as well as not having the goalscorer at Anfield in place, Jordan Ayew out of this game, being suspended because of yellow cards.
Twitter: #LEIMCI
Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 18
MCI: 7
Injuries / Uncertainties / Suspensions:
LEI: Pereira, Vardy, Hermansen, Ndidi, Fatawu, Ayew, Faes, McAteer
MCI: Rodrigo, Bobb, Dias, Nunes, Moraes, Walker, Grealish, Stones
Head to Head:
Last Three
Premier League; 29.12.21, Etihad, 3-6 (L)
Premier League; 29.10.22, King Power, 0-1 (L)
Premier League; 15.03.23, King Power, 1-3 (L)
Possible Line-Up’s:
Leicester City: Stolarczyk, Justin, Kristiansen, Vestergaard, Coady, Soumare, Winks, El Khannouss, Daka, Bounanotte, Mavididi
Man City: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic; Savinho, Silva, De Bruyne, Foden, Haaland
Predicted Result: 1-1 (Draw)
Players In Both Camps, Man City
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— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 28, 2024
Focus On; Man City
Nickname: The Blues
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Captain: Kyle Walker
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:
What lets the Manchester City 24-25 home shirt stand out is the collar and sleeve cuffs. Both feature a unique graffiti-inspired 0161 graphic as a homage to the Manchester 0161 area.
The 0161 telephone area code covers a large area of Greater Manchester, including the city center and surrounding areas. Puma combines the Man City 24-25 football shirt with white shorts and dark blue socks.
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, 2022-23, 2023-24
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, 2022-23
Runners-up: 1925–26, 1932–33, 1954–55, 1980–81, 2012–13, 2023-24
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? Eric Brook, who played for City from 1928 to 1940, held the record as the club’s all-time top goal scorer for nearly 80 years, with 177 goals. This record was only surpassed by Sergio Agüero in 2017. In the 1950s, under the management of Les McDowall, City became known for the ‘Revie Plan.’ Named after forward Don Revie, this tactical innovation involved Revie playing as a deep-lying centre-forward, a precursor to the modern false nine role.
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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