Manchester City v Leicester City team news & stats

City’s top scorer is full of admiration for the Foxes – and the other sides vying for the title this season.

Center back Robert Huth scored two goals en route to a 3-1 drubbing of Leicester’s second-place rivals, with six points now separating the two on the league table.

Leicester hold a three-point lead at the top and have shown no signs of slowing down with the outstanding Jamie Vardy firing them to a superb 2-0 win over Liverpool in midweek. A week later they will visit Arsenal. He is no doubt in the form of his life and will be putting his focus into leading Leicester to their first ever Premier League title.

They have bagged 10 points from their last four games, conceding just once, and even their most pessimistic followers are starting to believe that Leicester can become the first club outside the usual cartel to win the English title since Blackburn Rovers in 1995. “Now he is fresh and is a new Vardy”, Ranieri said.

Leicester have only been beaten once in their last 15 away league games, winning nine times in the process.

One of the most encouraging stats for them is that in the last 11 seasons the leaders at the start of February went on to take the title.

“I think that the players must be always thinking about the next game because it’s the only way to be successful”. Leicester leads Man City by three points at the top of the standings, but the hosts will feel like this game is a chance to reverse those positions.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri says his players were not afraid as they went out to win at Manchester City.

“We’re not really looking behind us”, Kane, who could partner Vardy at Euro 2016, told London’s Standard newspaper. “It’s not the biggest game of the season so far – we can win or lose this game and the Premier League will not end here”, added the Chilean, whose side are still in all four competitions they entered. “We’re going to have to dig in and get the bodies out when we can”.

And then, crucially, two of their final three games of the campaign will send them to Manchester United and Chelsea.

Manchester City took the unusual step of announcing its managerial successor last week, making a big-splash announcement on a three-year deal with Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola while still battling for the Premiership title.

Given Liverpool’s current woes in front of goal, barring that unforgettable 5-4 win at Norwich, tipping them to find the back of the net regularly on Saturday may seem ludicrous. Win and Manchester City knock Leicester off their perch.

The Toffees have played some lovely football during the season, but so often, a lack of belief and ruthlessness has been horribly evident. However, when you have world-class players playing behind you, like Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva, it makes the former Atletico Madrid man’s life a considerable amount easier. But Pellegrini, who received a rapturous response from City supporters during Tuesday’s victory at Sunderland, looks sure to dominate proceedings on Saturday when he appears before his home crowd for the first time since his departure was confirmed.