The odds offered by DraftKings Sportsbook are attractive, as Leicester certainly have the quality to find the net even if they are likely to suffer defeat by the soon-to-be Premier League champions.
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How to Watch Leicester City vs Manchester City
| Leicester City vs Manchester City Information |
| What |
Leicester vs Manchester City |
| Where |
The King Power Stadium, Leicester, England |
| When |
Saturday, 3 April 2021, 12.30 PM EST |
| How to watch |
NBC Sports |
Manchester City are almost there. An astonishing run of form in 2021 has seen them open up a 14-point lead at the top of the Premier League table, which means it is a question of when rather than if they add another title to their trophy cabinet. City are so far clear of the chasing pack that the Premier League may even have been relegated below the League Cup, FA Cup, and Champions League in their list of priorities.
Pep Guardiola will still be desperate for victory on Saturday, though, and his refreshed and recharged side should return to winning ways following the international break. Leicester will pose questions on the counter-attack and have the attacking quality to find the back of the net, but Manchester City looks set to win a Premier League game for the 23rd time this term.
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Manchester City in With a Chance of a Historic Quadruple
Guardiola is a perfectionist, but he was not too happy when it was suggested to him last month that his team could win an unprecedented quadruple this season. “Four titles is a utopia,” he said. “It never happened before and I think it’s never going to happen.”
In private, though, Guardiola must realize that his side has a chance of making history. As mentioned above, they are 14 points clear of second-placed Manchester United in the Premier League. City are also through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the final of the League Cup. They are DraftKings Sportsbooks favorites to win the Champions League, although it is significant that Guardiola has not yet lifted that particular trophy since leaving Barcelona close to a decade ago. Whether their manager likes it or not, City are indeed in contention to win four trophies in the coming weeks.
The Champions League is the biggest prize on offer since the club has never won it before. City have, quite frankly, disappointed in Europe over the years. A solitary semi-final appearance is simply not good enough for one of the wealthiest teams on the planet. Guardiola’s tenure has proved particularly underwhelming when it comes to continental competition, with City having been knocked out of the Champions League by Monaco, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and Lyon in the quarter-finals or earlier.
City have earned the right to prioritize Europe from this point onwards, with the Premier League title race done and dusted. The latter achievement should not be underestimated, and Guardiola deserves great credit for turning things around since a 5-2 thrashing by Leicester in late September.
Leicester Seeking to Avoid Another Late-Season Collapse
Brendan Rodgers was rightly delighted by that triumph at the Etihad Stadium. His team fell behind in the fourth minute but tore City apart on the counter-attack thereafter. At that stage of the season, Guardiola’s side did not look capable of winning the title. A concerted effort to tighten up at the back was what ultimately turned City’s campaign around.
Leicester, for their part, are looking to avoid the sort of late-season collapse that saw them drop out of the top four towards the end of the last term. The Foxes won only four of their last 17 top-flight outings in 2019/20, which allowed Manchester United to climb above them and into the final Champions League qualification spot. It would only be natural for Leicester fans to fear a repeat as the finish line comes into sight.
However, there is reason to believe that Leicester will not suffer the same fate this time around. For starters, United was in better form towards the end of last season than the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham – two teams chasing down the top four – are right now. Secondly, Rodgers will have learned from that painful experience, and his flexibility in terms of systems and game plans this season shows he is ready to tailor his approach to the task at hand. That will stand Leicester in good stead in the run-in when they will face a variety of different challenges.
Manchester City Should Prove Too Strong for Leicester Here
Having said that, Leicester should be prepared to end the weekend with fewer than seven points clear of the chasing pack. That is the size of their current lead over fifth place, but a meeting with Manchester City is the toughest encounter they could have imagined after the international break.
Guardiola is unlikely to rest too many of his big names despite the fact City faces Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. The recent pause for World Cup qualifiers means he will want his first team to rediscover their rhythm at the King Power Stadium, and that does not bode well for Leicester.
Yet while City’s superior quality means they should pick up all three points on Saturday, Leicester is good enough to cause them problems. The Foxes have failed to score in just one of their last 17 Premier League matches, and they will back themselves to find the net again here.
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