Man City vs Leicester LIVE: Citizens must win to keep pressure on Arsenal

The Citizens are six points behind the league leaders with a game in hand ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

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Pep Guardiola's side will be aiming to reduce that deficit to three to pile on the pressure for the Gunners before they face West Ham on Sunday.

However, Dean Smith is out to cause a huge upset as he takes charge of his first game as interim Leicester manager.

Smith replaced Brendan Rodgers and will be in charge until the end of the season with the aim of keeping the Foxes in the Premier League.

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The East Midlands outfit are 19th in the table and have lost seven of their last eight games, leaving the club's top-flight future in massive doubt.

Man City vs Leicester: How to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, April 15.

Kick-off at the Etihad Stadium is scheduled for 5:30pm.

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The match will be available to watch live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.

talkSPORT will also have updates of all the action in Manchester.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Man City vs Leicester: Team news

Kevin De Bruyne is a doubt for the weekend's game after seemingly coming off injured against Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening.

Phil Foden remains out of action for City as he will continue his recovery from appendicitis surgery.

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As for Leicester, Youri Tielemans is back available for selection but he will be assessed ahead of the game to see if he is fit enough to start.

Harvey Barnes is out for this clash after picking up an injury against Bournemouth while Ricardo Pereira has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Man City vs Leicester: What has been said?

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New Leicester manager Smith has spoken about why he took the job as Foxes manager ahead of his first game in charge.

He said: "The main reason I took the job is because Craig [Shakespeare] and JT [John Terry] wanted to come as well.

"I looked at the squad and the fixtures and felt there were games there to be won. It's not insurmountable to get out of the trouble we're in."

Smith also addressed the mentality of the players at the club after months without a win.

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"We've lost 7 of the last 8, so confidence is not high," he said. "I watched the Bournemouth game and if I was 80/20 then that maybe made me 50/50.

"But I know we've got the players here. We just want to start putting a smile on their faces."

Man City vs Leicester: Match facts

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Jamie Vardy has played 299 Premier League games and could be the first Leicester player to make 300 appearances in the competition. He's scored more league goals against Pep Guardiola's Man City than any other player (8), while he's one of just three players to be each of a club's record appearance maker, goal scorer and assister in the competition (along with Troy Deeney at Watford and Wilfried Zaha at Crystal Palace).

Kelechi Iheanacho scored for Leicester in this exact fixture last season. The only former Man City player to score in consecutive Premier League away games against the Citizens is Paul Dickov, who did so in November 2003 and November 2004.

Leicester midfielder James Maddison has scored in this exact fixture in each of the last two campaigns; only two visiting players have scored a Premier League goal at the Etihad in three consecutive seasons - Collins John (2004-05 to 2006-07) and Tim Cahill (2008-09 to 2010-11).

Kevin De Bruyne has assisted seven goals for Erling Haaland in the Premier League this season, the most by one Man City player for another in a single campaign. The Belgian's next assist will be his 100th for the Citizens in the competition.

Erling Haaland has scored 30 Premier League goals for Manchester City this season, with only Andrew Cole netting more in their debut season in the competition (34 in 1993-94). The Norwegian is averaging a goal every 73 minutes so far and has a shot conversion rate of 32.3%.

Leicester have faced the most shots from high turnovers in the Premier League this season (50), while Manchester City have scored more goals following a high turnover than any other side (9).

Having lost seven of their last eight Premier League games (D1), Leicester have now lost 19 league matches overall this term. Not since 2001-02 (20) have the Foxes lost 20+ league matches in one season, while should they lose against Manchester City, it will be the joint-second earliest they have ever hit 20 defeats in a Football League campaign (31st match, level with 1914-15), after only 1980-81 (30th).

Since losing 1-0 at Spurs in February, Man City have won seven of their last eight Premier League games (D1), including each of the last five in a row. They've scored 22 goals and conceded just six in this run, opening the scoring on seven occasions.

Leicester won four of their first five Premier League visits to Man City (L1) but have since lost five of their last six games at the Etihad (W1).

Manchester City have won 10 of their last 12 Premier League games against Leicester City (L2), winning the last four in a row since a 5-2 home defeat in September 2020.