Manchester City clash heads with Leicester City in this weekend’s boxing day fixture at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Manchester City currently sit top of the Premier League table and are on an 8-game winning run in the league. The win against Newcastle United last week saw them go three points clear at the top ahead of Liverpool as Klopp’s men dropped two points against Spurs.
Pep Guardiola’s men face 9th placed Leicester City on Sunday as they look to increase their lead at the top further. Brendan Rodgers will expect his team to put up a strong fight after the disappointing League Cup defeat against Liverpool in the midweek.
4-3-3 Predicted Manchester City Lineup Vs Leicester City
Defence
The Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson will continue between the sticks as he aims for an 11th cleansheet in the league. He has kept three cleansheets in his last three games and will hope to keep it up when they face Leicester City on Sunday.
Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte are set to start again at the heart of the City defence. The centre-back pairing has been solid throughout the season, and will hope to keep things quiet at the back this time around too. John Stones and Nathan Ake will provide cover from the bench.
Joao Cancelo will start at right-back as Kyle Walker is still recovering from an injury and is likely to miss this game. Oleksandr Zincheko will play as left full-back after impressing vs Newcastle last week.
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Midfield
The midfield trio of Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne are set to keep their place again as they hope to dominate in the middle of the park and control the tempo of the game. Rodri will provide defensive cover to the defenders, as the other two will look to progress the ball and create chances for the attackers.
Ilkay Gundogan will have to start from the bench even after his brilliant performances and hope to impact later in the game. Fernandinho will also provide cover from the bench.
Attack
Jack Grealish is expected to replace Gabriel Jesus in the starting lineup for Sunday’s game after being rested last weekend. Phil Foden is also likely to return into the starting XI replacing Riyad Mahrez. The attacking trio of Foden, Grealish and Sterling is expected to start vs Leicester on Sunday. The link-up between these three will be crucial to City’s attack as they look for another 3 points on Sunday.
