{"id":653229,"date":"2025-04-02T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=653229"},"modified":"2025-04-01T16:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:47:49","slug":"leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/04\/02\/leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester City for April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the lengthy international break, Leicester City return to action as they take on title holders Manchester City. The Foxes have <\/span>now<\/span> lost seven consecutive games after yet another devastating defeat last time out against the red side of Manchester. This Wednesday, April 2, Ruud van Nistelrooy will take on Manchester City. Here is the Leicester Predicted Lineup to take on Pep <\/span>Guardiola’s<\/span> out-of-form squad at the Etihad Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester City for Premier League Clash<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

How Leicester Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Last time out, the Foxes utilised the five-at-the-back system <\/span>in a bid<\/span> to become more defensively solid. In between the sticks, Mads Hermansen reprised his role as the <\/span>Foxes\u2019<\/span> shot-stopper before making the Denmark squad for their Nations League fixtures. Wout Faes, Conor Coady, and Luke Thomas all starred in the centre-back roles, whilst\u00a0Victor Kristiansen and James Justin started as wing-backs on their respective sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Leicester City Loan Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a midfield duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumar\u00e9 also started, but <\/span>the Frenchman was replaced<\/span> after the 64th minute <\/span>by Harry Winks<\/span>.<\/span> Bilal El Khannouss and Patson Daka then played further forward, with 38-year-old Jamie Vardy leading the line on the 27th occasion this campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester<\/span> Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The international break came <\/span>at a time of<\/span> crisis for the East Midlands-based side. <\/span>They were decisively defeated by Manchester United<\/span> for the fourth time this season as Bruno Fernandes guided a masterclass at the King Power Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rasmus Hojlund opened the scoring in the fixture, breaking his 13-game goal drought. The lead <\/span>was <\/span>then<\/span> extended<\/span> as Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes capitalised on the home <\/span>side’s<\/span> poor backline. Despite this, the <\/span>Dutchman’s<\/span> side still had their chances, but they were all wasted. In the process – they became the first team in Premier League history to lose seven consecutive games at home without scoring a goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Leicester City Predicted Lineup Previously<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Relegation looks imminent as the weeks go on, with the Foxes lacking quality at both ends of the pitch. They now sit 19th in the league <\/span>and<\/span> 10 points from safety, a win in Manchester could be decisive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester City Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

As\u00a0revealed by\u00a0<\/span>the Dutchman<\/span><\/a>, there are no new injuries\u00a0to his squad. But Ricardo Pereira could be available after an injury weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester City<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

GK: Mads Hermansen<\/span><\/p>\n

RWB: James Justin<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB: Wout Faes<\/span><\/p>\n

CCB: Conor Coady<\/span><\/p>\n

LCB: Luke Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

LWB: Victor Kristiansen<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Wilfred Ndidi<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Harry Winks<\/span><\/p>\n

AM: Bilal El Khannouss<\/span><\/p>\n

AM: Jordan Ayew<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Jamie Vardy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the lengthy international break, Leicester City return to action as they take on title holders Manchester City. The Foxes have now lost seven consecutive games after yet another devastating defeat last time out against the red side of Manchester. This Wednesday, April 2, Ruud van Nistelrooy will take on Manchester City. Here is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5391,"featured_media":651952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1831],"tags":[9936],"class_list":["post-653229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","category-starting-line-up","tag-leicester-city-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653242,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653229\/revisions\/653242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}