20′ Decent effort! Grealish attempts a cheeky lob towards the top left corner of the net, which almost catches Schmeichel out, as it takes a deflection and flies just wide.
19′ CLOSE! Tielemans loses the ball in his own half and Bernardo Silva picks it up and runs at goal, firing an effort towards the top left corner of the net from the edge of the box. However, it takes a slight deflection and flies just wide of the post. Not too far away!
17′ Leicester are having to get everyone back behind the ball to soak up the pressure, with Man City trying to turn the screw in the final third. However, the Leicester defence look fairly comfortable right now.
15′ The game has settled down now after a frantic few minutes in front of both goals. However, Man City are the team on top at the moment.
13′ Leicester have won three of their last five Premier League home games against reigning champions (L2), beating Liverpool 3-1 last season.
11′ Decent chance! Vestergaard rises highest at a corner and powers a header towards goal, but he gets slightly too much on it and the ball flies over the crossbar.
9′ It looks like Ederson has a problem now following the collision and he is going to have to receive some treatment for a head injury. There is some blood on his shirt, so a new top is on it’s way. However, he should be fine to continue.
7′ CLOSE! This time it’s Leicester with the opportunity! Vardy needs in behind Laporte down the right wing and delivers a low cross into the box for Barnes, but Ederson gets there in the nick of time and makes the block, but gets clattered in the process. Maddison then picks up the rebound and lays it back to Ndidi, but his shot is superbly blocked by Walker.
6′ CHANCE! Bernardo Silva does brilliantly down the left to skip past Soyuncu and get a cross into the box, which is met by Jesus at the back post. The striker powers a header towards goal, but Schmeichel makes a great save to deny him. The ball then bounces dangerously around the box, with Bernardo Silva having another attempt blocked, before Leicester eventually clear the danger.
5′ It’s a huge boost for City to have Ederson able to play today, as their number two keeper Zach Steffen recently tested positive for COVID on international duty. Therefore Carson would’ve been drafted in to start.
3′ Bright start here by the visitors, pressing forward in the opening few minutes and Grealish wins a corner, but they take it short and Leicester manage to push them back.
1′ We’re under way!
The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!
Meanwhile Pep Guardiola sticks with the same team that beat Arsenal 5-0 last time out, but they do have some new faces on the bench, with De Bruyne and Foden returning from injury.
Brendan Rodgers has made two changes to his starting line-up, with Pereira and Amartey all dropping to the bench and they have been replaced by Castagne and Vestergaard.
MAN CITY SUBS: Scott Carson, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Raheem Sterling, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden.
MAN CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Joao Cancelo; Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva; Gabriel Jesus, Ferran Torres, Jack Grealish.
LEICESTER SUBS: Danny Ward, Jonny Evans, Kelechi Iheanacho, Daniel Amartey, Ricardo Pereira, Patson Daka, Ademola Lookman, Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
LEICESTER (4-4-2): Kasper Schmeichel; Timothy Castagne, Caglar Soyuncu, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand; Marc Albrighton, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes; James Maddison, Jamie Vardy.
Man City are in fine form themselves, having won their last two games 5-0, against Norwich and Arsenal, to sit seventh. They are also boosted by the news that Ederson and Gabriel Jesus will be able to play today, after initially being ruled out by Brazil due to complaints over their involvement over the international break.
Leicester got back to winning ways last time out, beating Norwich City 2-1 thanks to goals from Jamie Vardy and Marc Albrighton, to bounce back from a defeat against West Ham the week before. The Foxes are currently 9th in the table with six points.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Premier League clash between Leicester City and Manchester City at the King Power Stadium.
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