Tips for match Leicester City — Manchester City
The pre-New Year tour of the English Football Championship will begin with the match Leicester City - Manchester City. The teams are completely different in status and budget, but both have scored only 5 points in the Premier League since November. And if this is expected for Leicester, then Manchester City remains the main sensation of the season with a minus sign.
Leicester City won only 1 of the last 5 matches, and even then the opponent was West Ham, who are miraculously not in the relegation zone yet, they play so disgustingly. But despite the defeat in the match against Liverpool, it was clear that the team is growing, Ruud Van Nistelrooy is making adjustments to the game in defense, and Leicester showed itself very well in counterattacks. They even managed to score first and conceded only at the end of the 1st half. Of course, the problem was that after 1-1 Leicester practically did not cross the opponent's half of the field, but any underdog club would do the same if they want to try to hold on to a draw in a match with the main contender for the Premier League championship.
Will Leicester be able to score points in the match with City? I highly doubt it, but I am almost 100% sure that they will try to correct the defensive mistakes they made in the last game and not allow their opponent to score many goals. And Manchester City itself has not scored much in its recent matches: in December, they were able to score only 5 goals in four matches, 2 of which were against Crystal Palace. What can we say if the “super forward” Holland could not even convert a penalty against Everton.
There is no point in writing about the City crisis, just look at the fact that they are in 7th position in the Premier League and everything will immediately become clear. And everyone and their dog is already talking about it, so I will not waste your time. But when else to score points if not in a match with an outsider of the Premier League? The only question is how confident the victory will be or maybe they will only take 1 point from Leicester. The last time City played away to Leicester with a score of 0-1, and it seems to me that we will see a similar result in the next match.
Sportwars.net forecast for the match Leicester City - Manchester City, 12/29/2024: Handicap 1 (+1.5) (Leicester will not lose with a difference of more than 1 goal), odds 2.02.
If you are looking for a more reliable bet, you can try Handicap 1 (+2) with odds of 1.61.
Forecast for the exact score in the match: 0-1, odds 10.