Team news

Manchester City will be without top scorer Erling Haaland, who faces up to seven weeks out with an ankle injury.

Rodri, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanj and John Stones all remain sidelined.

Leicester City's Ricardo Pereira could return from a hamstring injury.

The defender made a brief appearance as a substitute last month after four months out but missed the next game after suffering a minor setback.

Winger Abdul Fatawu remains out with a knee injury.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Manchester City are looking for a seventh consecutive league win over Leicester City.

  • The last three meetings between the sides at the Etihad Stadium have produced a total of 20 goals.

Manchester City

  • City have lost three of their last six Premier League matches - although those defeats have come against the current top three: Liverpool, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.

  • Manchester City have won each of their last 13 Premier League games in April.

  • Only leaders Liverpool have had more shots in this season's top flight than Manchester City, who have attempted 466.

  • All four of Omar Marmoush's Premier League goals this season have come at the Etihad Stadium.

Leicester City

  • Leicester have lost 13 of their last 14 league matches, scoring just four goals in those games.

  • They could become just the fourth side in English top-flight history to lose seven consecutive games without scoring, after Sunderland (1977), Ipswich (1995), and Crystal Palace (2017).

  • The Foxes have conceded a league-high 35 goals away from home this season.

  • Ruud van Nistelrooy's team are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet away from home in this season's Premier League and have conceded in their last 22 league matches.

  • They have conceded the first goal in 24 of their 29 Premier League games this season, more than any other team.