Leicester City vs Manchester City live stream and match preview, Saturday 29 October, 12:30pm BST
Leicester City vs Manchester City live stream and match preview
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Leicester City have enjoyed a resurgent period in October, after what looked like a drab couple of months for Brendan Rodgers at the King Power Stadium. In the five games they have played, they have won three, drawn once and lost once - helping them pick up some much-needed points.
Of course, they are still close to the relegation zone, but a result against Manchester City would truly announce their return to form. James Maddison is still playing to a high standard, while Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes also look back to scoring ways.
With this fixture just one of three games left in the league before the extended World Cup break, Leicester will be desperate to move further away from the precarious drop zone.
However, that won't be an easy task against an imperious Man City side which has the irrepressible Erling Haaland in its ranks. In just 11 league games this season he has already scored 17 goals, and looks well on his way to wrapping up the golden boot - Leicester's defenders will need to be on top of their game to keep him quiet.
Despite losing to Liverpool a couple of weeks ago, Man City are still going strongly in the league. They are just two points off of table toppers Arsenal, and don't look to have even hit full stride yet. Confirmed as winners of their Champions League group after drawing 0-0 at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, Pep Guardiola also has the luxury of not having to rest players for what could have been a decisive clash against Sevilla next Tuesday.
Team news
Leicester make two alterations from last weekend's starting lineup: Caglar Soyuncu comes in as Rodgers reverts to a back three (Boubakary Soumare drops out of the squad) and Jamie Vardy takes over from Patson Daka up front.
The big news from the Manchester City camp is that Haaland doesn't make the squad: the Norwegian goal machine misses out after picking up a knock in midweek; Julian Alvarez – who started alongside Haaland last time out – leads the line. Guardiola makes six changes in all from the side which started against Dortmund: Ederson returns in goal after being rested; Manuel Akanji and Aymeric Laporte replace Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake at centre-back; Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva are also back in the starting 11.
Form
Leicester City: WWDLD
Manchester City: DWLDW
Referee
Robert Jones will be the referee for Leicester City vs Manchester City.
Stadium
Leicester City vs Manchester City will be played at the King Power Stadium.
Other games
Leicester City vs Manchester City is the only game being played at 12:30pm on Saturday.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 12:30pm BST on Saturday 29 October and the game is being shown live on BT Sport 1 in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
