NEWS : LEICESTER VS MANCHESTER CITY, TEAM NEWS AND PREVIEW

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Ben Chilwell is fit for Leicester after recovering from a knee injury, while Vicente Iborra has overcome a knock suffered in the draw at Stoke.
Robert Huth and Matty James remain out.
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is available despite experiencing a dizzy spell at half-time of Argentina's friendly defeat in Russia on Tuesday.
Centre-back Nicolas Otamendi is suspended and could be replaced by Eliaquim Mangala or the fit-again Vincent Kompany.
Fabian Delph is doubtful with a calf injury that forced him to miss England duty, but Raheem Sterling could be available despite a back problem.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head
  • Leicester won last season's corresponding fixture 4-2 and have only lost one of the four most recent meetings.
  • Manchester City have won three of their six Premier League trips to Leicester, drawing two and losing one.
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  • Leicester have earned seven points from three league games since Craig Shakespeare left the club, as many as they had won in their previous 11 matches.
  • They are unbeaten in six games in all competitions, winning three and drawing three since a 3-2 home defeat against Liverpool on 23 September.
  • The Foxes have lost nine of their 10 league matches in 2017 against the sides that finished in the top six last season. The exception was February's 3-1 home victory against Liverpool.
  • Leicester have kept clean sheets in each of their last five home league wins.
  • They have scored in each of their last 12 home league matches since a 3-0 defeat against Manchester United in February.
  • Claude Puel is winless in four previous encounters against sides managed by Pep Guardiola, conceding 10 goals in the process.
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  • Manchester City's total of 31 points combined with their +31 goal difference is the best start by a Premier League side after 11 games.
  • The record after 12 matches of a Premier League season is the 34 points achieved by City themselves in the 2011-12.
  • Pep Guardiola's side are unbeaten in 23 matches in all competitions since a 2-1 defeat against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final last April.
  • They could win 10 successive league matches in the same season for the first time.
  • City have an eight-point lead at the top of the table - the biggest-ever margin between first and second place after 11 games of a Premier League season.
  • They have scored 38 league goals this season - 15 more than any rival.

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