Manchester City - Leicester City live updates

This already looks like a good game in the offing. Leicester not sitting back themselves and creating an open pitch. Could be dangerous!

Okazaki sets Vardy away. He sprints clear of Otamendi but scuffs his shot at Caballero.

CLOSE! Fernandinho loses Simpson from the corner and heads just wide of Schmeichel’s post!

Manchester City playing with width early on, Silva sperading it wide and looking to get De Bruyne whipping ion those lethal crosses and test Fuchs and Chilwell.

City setting up 4-3-3 and it looks an ominous line-up. Leicester, with a makeshift defence, are 4-4-2 with Okazaki joining Vardy up front.

KICK-OFF! Referee Robert Madley blows the whistle to get us underway here at the Ethiad Stadium. Form, team sheets and home advantage points to a Manchester City win.

FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: The teams are in the tunnel and making their way out onto the pitch. A mouth-watering contest in prospect.

TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: Leicester have won their last two league games against the Citizens, scoring at least three goals each time (3-1 in February 2016 and 4-2 in December 2016) – the Foxes haven’t won three in a row against City for 50 years (March 1967). The Foxes have won five of their last six top-flight visits to Manchester City (L1), their only defeat in this run a 0-2 reverse in March 2015 under Nigel Pearson.

Manchester City have won their last four home Premier League games against reigning champions – each of the last two were by a three-goal margin (4-1 v Manchester United in September 2013 and 3-0 v Chelsea in August 2015).

No Huth and Morgan for Leicester today.

The assist king: Kevin De Bruyne has assisted six goals in his last seven Premier League matches, including two last time out against Crystal Palace.

Leicester's danger man: Jamie Vardy has scored seven times in his last 10 Premier League games, after just five in his first 22 this campaign.

Sergio Aguero, who is again on the bench today, needs two more goals to reach 20 in the Premier League this season. If he manages this, he’ll be the fifth player to score 20+ goals in three consecutive seasons after Alan Shearer (four seasons), Thierry Henry (five seasons), Ruud van Nistelrooy and Harry Kane.

Craig Shakespeare: "I think you have to be adaptable in football. I would love to play pretty attacking football and play through the thirds, but sometimes you have to be adaptable and I think Atletico Madrid at home is a prime example of that. I think players understand that, and fans understand that. Of course they want to see attractive football and I would like to see attractive football but, ultimately, it is about getting results in the industry as well."

Man City have won only two of their last seven Premier League meetings with the Foxes (D2 L3).

Pep Guardiola: "It’s been intense, fun and I’ve enjoyed it. I expected a fight until the end in the Premier League, fighting for the league until the last four or five games. In the box, we have been penalised by not scoring enough goals. There is still so much to play for. We are aiming for third, but if we finish fourth and we go into the qualifiers of the Champions League, like this season, it won’t change things or our pre-season plans."