Eager to put their shock defeat against Crystal Palace behind them, Al Hain-Cole expects Guardiola's team to waste no time in seeing off the Foxes
Manchester City will be determined to bounce back from their shock defeat against Crystal Palace when they travel to the King Power Stadium to take on Leicester City on Boxing Day.
Pep Guardiola’s men went down 3-2 at home to the Eagles, leaving them four points adrift of leaders Liverpool in the title race.
bet365 still make the holders slight favourites to retain their domestic crown at 10/11 (1.91) while Jurgen Klopp's men can be backed at 11/10 (2.10).
Having come out on top in each of the last three league encounters against this opposition, Manchester City are 4/11 (1.36) favourites with bet365 to return to winning ways here.
The Foxes pulled off a surprise victory of their own with a 1-0 win at Chelsea last time out, and are priced at 15/2 (8.50) to upset the odds once more in this one.
The sides needed penalties to separate them in last week’s 1-1 EFL Cup draw, and you can get odds of 4/1 (5.00) on them remaining all square after 90 minutes yet again.
Jamie Vardy and Ben Chilwell both returned to the line-up at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, leaving Daniel Amartey and Marty James as the hosts’ only injury absentees.
Fernandinho, David Silva and Vincent Kompany will all face late fitness tests, while Claudio Bravo, Eliaquim Mangala and Benjamin Mandy remain sidelined.
Having suffered their second defeat in three league games at the weekend, the Citizens will be eager to put things right as soon as possible.
They shouldn’t have to wait too long for a morale-boosting breakthrough considering they have scored prior to the break in each of the last five meetings with Leicester, leading at half-time in four of those.
With Puel’s team having scored before half-time in just one of their last 11 fixtures, even money (2.00) is well worth backing on a motivated Manchester City leading at both half-time and full-time in this clash.