Manchester City travel to the Midlands this weekend in their return to Premier League action, with a clash against Leicester City next on Pep Guardiola's agenda.
The reigning top-flight champions had yet another successful outcome in Europe in midweek, despite dropping points in their Champions League group stage campaign for the second successive matchday.
A 0-0 draw against Borussia Dortmund in Germany was the result required in order for Pep Guardiola's side to progress to the last-16 of the competition as group winners.
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Manchester City had already qualified for the knock-out stages during the previous matchday via a 0-0 draw against Copenhagen in the Danish capital.
However, after three successive away games across all competitions without a goal, City and the first-team squad will be hoping to return to their impressive goalscoring ways this weekend.
Next up is a clash against Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City - who themselves have had a largely torrid time across the course of the ongoing season.
However, after a string of impressive results in the last few matches, City are arguably facing the Foxes at the peak of the hosts' powers this weekend, and so the reigning champions will need to be at their very best if they are to maintain pressure on league leaders Arsenal.
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As Leicester City and Manchester City prepare to lock horns at the King Power Stadium, here is a collection of the most insightful statistics and potential notable landmarks ahead of the game.
Leicester City
- Leicester are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games without conceding (W2 D1), winning their last two.
- Jamie Vardy ended a run of 11 Premier League appearances without scoring last week against Wolves, scoring his 100th goal in the division since turning 30.
- Leicester last kept four successive clean sheets in the Premier League in November 2019.
- Leicester last won three Premier League games on the bounce in January 2021.
- Leicester's three Premier League victories this season came against the current bottom three sides.
Manchester City
- Since Pep Guardiola took charge of Manchester City in 2016/17, no side has scored more Premier League goals against the Citizens than Leicester (17), despite the Foxes losing nine of their 12 games against them in this time.
- Manchester City have won just two of their last six away matches in the Premier League (D3 L1), losing their last game on the road against Liverpool.
- Manchester City last suffered back-to-back away defeats in the Premier League in May/August 2021 (vs Brighton and Tottenham).
- Manchester City could equal their longest winless away run of four matches under Pep Guardiola, set in September and October 2016.
- Manchester City are in danger of going four successive away fixtures without a goal in all competitions for the first time since February to April 2011.
- There have been 47 goals in Premier League games involving Manchester City this season, the most of any team.
Previous Meetings
- Leicester City have lost nine of their last 11 Premier League matches against Manchester City (W2) and have lost their last three in a row.
- Manchester City have won their last three Premier League away games against Leicester without conceding a goal. Their last away defeat there was on Boxing Day in 2018, a 2-1 loss.
- Jamie Vardy has eight Premier League goals against Manchester City, only scoring more against Arsenal and Watford.
Potential Landmarks
- Kevin De Bruyne needs one more assist to become the first player in Premier League history to reach 10 before the end of October.
- Erling Haaland is three goals away from reaching 25 in a Manchester City shirt.
- Manchester City are two games away from registering their 5600th in the club's history.
Topics: Manchester City, Leicester City, Premier League, Football, Erling Haaland
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