Premier League, Wednesday, 02/04/2025 at 8:45 p.m.
With a comeback in Bournemouth, Manchester City managed to advance to the FA Cup semi-finals. Now, after the international break, the first Premier League match is coming up, and against the crisis-stricken Foxes, only the three points count.
That should definitely be in it. In my Manchester City Leicester tip, I am expecting a very one-sided affair, going for the halftime/full-time variant “Man City/Man City”, for which we get good odds at Betway.
Qualifying for the Champions League could be a really close call. Before the start of match day 30, the reigning champions are in fifth place, one point behind Chelsea in fourth place. But be careful, the gap to Bournemouth in tenth place is only four points.
With several teams still in the running for European Cup places in the final phase of the season, City are still looking for consistency. The breather came at the right time and Pep Guardiola’s team returned from it with a 2-1 win against Bournemouth.
Given the course of the game, it was a deserved success that the Skyblues now want to build on in the English top flight. The 1.18 at Betway, the official sports betting partner of Manchester City, already indicates that the victory should only be a question of the amount.
Leicester start the match at 12.0, with a draw in the 7.50 range. After the bitter 0-1 defeat to Nottingham, Man City only managed a 2-2 draw against Brighton. We have seen just two wins in the last five matches.
But I’m still confident about my bet. After two top teams, the match against the team that lost nine out of ten Premier League games in 2025, only scored three goals and had 23 balls fished out of their own net, is now waiting.
The only small consolation for Foxes supporters is that Leicester have scored all three of their goals away from home. However, that was a while ago. Their 2-1 win over Tottenham was followed by six defeats without scoring. We are now talking about two months without a league goal.
The promoted team, who are facing automatic relegation, only scored in the FA Cup defeat against Manchester United (1:2). They are currently only in 19th place in the table, nine points from safety. Wolverhampton is the only team within reach.
West Ham in 16th place are already 17 points away. The 2016 Premier League champions have conceded 35 goals away from home alone, the worst record in the league. 475 shots were on target at Leicester, topped only by Southampton and Brentford.
And in offense? The clearly worst offense of the year has also played out the fewest chances over the entire season with a total of 260 opportunities. Most recently, we saw a 0-3 loss to Manchester United, a 0-1 loss to Chelsea, a 0-2 loss to West Ham and a 0-4 loss to Brentford.
Even if we take the Leicester chances from the three defeats mentioned last, we still don’t get an expected goals value of 1.00. And Manchester City has already scored in the first 45 minutes at home in seven of nine games.
I think it’s very realistic to expect the hosts to lead at half-time. City have created almost as many chances as the dominant Liverpool side over the course of the game so far. In terms of the number of opportunities, we are talking about 483 and 468.
I am convinced that it will not only be a close game, which is why, in addition to City’s victory, an “Over 2.5 goals” bet for 1.50 can be added here.
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Manchester already secured a comfortable 2-0 win in the first leg, taking the lead in the first half as they did in their last home game against the Foxes. Haaland scored in both matches, as he did at the weekend against Bournemouth.
His goal rate of 1.56 is still worth seeing. Omar Marmoush, the scorer of the winning goal on Sunday, has a 2.00 chance of scoring. If you are interested in one of the odds, you should definitely go for a home win for a small odds boost.
Because Leicester is looking at nine defeats from their last ten games, not only in 2025 but also in direct duels in the league. It was only in September 2020 that there was a surprising 5-2 away win for the team around club legend Jamie Vardy, who contributed three goals at the time.
The former international and top scorer of 2020 is considered the most likely scorer for the visitors at 4.30. He had at least four shots in the first duel, so anyone with a free bet left could try their luck.
After all, Man City is also one of the six teams against which he has scored the most goals. On Wednesday, the number ten could follow.
Conclusion: I don’t expect Manchester City to stumble over Leicester. The comeback in the FA Cup has not damaged the mentality of the Premier League title defender, and overall the Skyblues played well.
Leicester only now return from the international break, the last league game was in January, and they have lost their last six games in a row. City, on the other hand, have scored in seven of nine home games before the break. I expect a class difference from the first minute!
Half-time/final score: Man City/Man City!
