Manchester City at Leicester 12/18/18 - Carabao Cup Picks & Predictions

By: Paul |

Last Updated: 08/08/2019 at 1:19 PM ET

Two teams that also met in the exact same round of the Carabao Cup last season will meet again, when Leicester will play host to Manchester City on Tuesday. Both teams have done great to reach the quarter-finals of the competition but it is Manchester City who are the huge favorites here. Leicester will try to keep a slow tempo in hopes that they can steal the ticket.

Leicester are coming into this match after a really bad 0-1 loss against Crystal Palace on the road over the weekend. They were actually pretty good in that match but were unable to answer to a 39th minute goal by their opponents. That was their second consecutive loss and they have won just once in their last seven (1-2-4). The Foxes have produced some really-low scoring matches lately, as each of their last seven matches had Under 2.5 Goals. Leicester have been really hard to beat at home but haven’t won much either (1-1-3), with all five matches also featuring Under 2.5 Goals.
Manchester City played a really solid match at home against Everton over the weekend where they won by 1-3. They were really great in the first hour of that match and took a two-goal lead with two goals from Gabriel Jesus. Everton tried to make a come-back with a goal at the 65th minute but Manchester City sealed the win with a goal shortly after. In the previous round of the Carabao Cup they destroyed Fulham in a home match, where they only won by a slim 0-2. Manchester City have been excellent on the road so far, keeping 8 clean sheets so far in all competitions and only failing to score twice.

Manchester City have the upper hand in this match-up over the years and have even been excellent in this venue (5-1-4). Last season they won both league matches against Leicester and even prevailed in the same round of the Carabao Cup, and in the same venue as well. I will go with the few goals here, as Leicester can only challenge this match through massive defense.

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