Manchester City have scored at least three goals on ten occasions in all competitions this season.
Leicester are without a Premier League clean sheet away from home since February.
Manchester City have won to nil in each of their last three games, scoring an average of 4.0 goals per game.
Citizens build up steam in the title race

Manchester City have emerged as firm favourites for the Premier League title after taking advantage of their challengers’ slips over the last few weeks, building a three-point lead at the top of the table and looking unstoppable at times.

Their 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle last weekend followed on from an even heftier demolition of Leeds, leaving them with 44 goals scored and just nine conceded in their 18 league games so far.

Pep Guardiola’s side have combined that with a rediscovered defensive stability, helping them to ten wins in their last 11 competitive games. Their only failure during that period came in a dead-rubber Champions League match away to RB Leipzig.

Injury-hit Leicester set for difficult afternoon

This won’t come as good news to Leicester fans, who could see their team missing a host of defensive players, with Caglar Soyuncu the latest casualty after being forced off in midweek. All being told, the Foxes could be without up to 11 players on Boxing Day and that’s not good news when you’re coming up against one of the most lethal attacking outfits in the country.

Leicester did manage a win over Newcastle in their last league game back in mid-December but even without their extensive selection problems they have struggled at the back. They shipped three at Napoli in matchday six of the Europa League and followed that with another three-goal concession at Anfield on Wednesday, and they are yet to keep a clean sheet away from home in the Premier League this season.

Rampant hosts set for big win

Manchester City, by contrast, seem to have avoided the major selection concerns plaguing other clubs across the country. Only Ferran Torres and Kyle Walker ar



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在本赛季的所有比赛中，曼城队在10次比赛中至少进了3个球。
莱斯特城自2月以来就没有在客场不失球。
曼城队在最近三场比赛中均以零比零取胜，场均进球4.0个。
市民们在争夺冠军的竞争中蓄势待发

过去几周，曼城利用对手的失利，在积分榜上建立了三分的领先优势，有时看起来势不可挡。

在上周末4-0大胜纽卡斯尔之后，他们还大胜利兹联，在18场联赛中共进44球，仅失9球。

瓜迪奥拉的球队将这一点与重新发现的防守稳定性结合起来，帮助他们在过去的11场比赛中取得了10场胜利。他们唯一的失败是在冠军联赛客场对阵莱比锡的比赛中。

受伤严重的莱斯特将迎来一个艰难的下午

这对莱斯特的球迷来说可不是什么好消息，他们可能会看到他们的球队缺少一大批防守球员，而索云库在周中被迫停赛后，成为最新的伤亡人员。总而言之，在节礼日，狐狸队最多将缺席11名球员，当你面对的是这个国家最致命的攻击装备之一时，这可不是什么好消息。

莱斯特在12月中旬的上一场联赛中确实战胜了纽卡斯尔，但即使他们没有大量的选择问题，他们的后防线也很困难。他们在欧罗巴联赛第六比赛日对那不勒斯的比赛中送出了3个球，随后在周三的安菲尔德又丢了3个球，而且他们在本赛季的英超联赛中还没有保持主场不失球。

猖獗的东道主们准备大赢一场

相比之下，曼城似乎避开了困扰全国其他俱乐部的主要选择问题。只有弗兰·托雷斯和凯尔·沃克