Analysis and prediction for Man City vs Leeds: A sudden and unexpected defeat.

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Manchester City will continue to be without midfielders Mateo Kovacic and Rodri. Kovacic is out for an extended period with an ankle/heel injury, while Rodri needs more time to regain fitness after a hamstring injury.

The absence of both will likely pave the way for Nico Gonzalez to start his seventh consecutive game in the deepest midfield position. Guardiola is expected to return to his familiar, strongest lineup from the defeat against Leverkusen.

A four-man defense consisting of Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, and Nico O'Reilly could play in front of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Meanwhile, Tijjani Reijnders or captain Bernardo Silva could partner Gonzalez in midfield.

The in-form trio of Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden, and Rayan Cherki could be recalled to support striker Erling Haaland, the Leeds-born player who is aiming for the fastest 100th Premier League goal in history. The Norwegian striker has scored in five consecutive Etihad Premier League games.

On Leeds' side, Anton Stach was forced off the pitch in last week's defeat to Aston Villa, and Farke confirmed the new signing "will definitely miss" the trip to the Etihad Stadium as he is undergoing treatment for a concussion.

Farke also said midfielder Sean Longstaff will be out for “around four to six weeks” with a calf injury, while defender Sebastiaan Bornauw (knee) missed Wednesday’s training and will need later checks to determine availability.

With Longstaff and Stach absent, Ao Tanaka and Ilia Gruev could be given starting spots in the three-man midfield alongside Ethan Ampadu, who is just one yellow card away from a Premier League suspension.

Nmecha hopes to retain his place in attack ahead of Dominic Calvert-Lewin after starting and scoring in the last two games. All three of his Premier League goals have given Leeds a 1-0 lead, and the only Leeds player to have all four of their first league goals as the opening goal is David Wetherall between 1993 and 1994.

Latest predicted lineups for Man City vs Leeds

Manchester City:

Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Bernardo, Gonzalez; Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Leeds United:

Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Gruev, Ampadu, Tanaka; James, Nmecha, Gnonto

Latest Man City vs Leeds football match prediction

Pep Guardiola's 100th Champions League match as Man City manager ended in disappointment, with a nearly completely changed squad losing 0-2 at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night, marking their first group stage defeat at the Etihad in over seven years.

The Catalan manager's decision to make 10 changes against a top-three Bundesliga team backfired, leading to a disjointed performance from the players and their inability to capitalize on opportunities to impress the coach. Guardiola later admitted that such excessive rotation was "too much".

This self-inflicted stumble for Man City comes just three days after a 1-2 defeat to Newcastle United in the Premier League, a match that ended a four-game winning streak across all competitions and left them in third place, seven points behind leaders Arsenal. Arsenal will visit second-placed Chelsea on Sunday.

Guardiola will be counting on a reaction from his players, who go into Saturday's match against Leeds having won all four of their most recent Premier League encounters against them, equaling their record in the previous 16 meetings in the league (5 draws, 7 defeats). Man City scored 16 goals in those four wins, nearly half of which came from their 7-0 home victory in December 2021.

Man City are aiming for six consecutive Premier League home wins by two or more goals for the first time since their eight-game run between January and May 2023. They are also boosted by their record of 23 wins in their last 25 Premier League matches against newly promoted teams (with two draws). Their last defeat against a newly promoted team was a 1-2 home loss to Leeds in April 2021.

A tough fixture list with Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool awaits a struggling Leeds side, who have lost five of their last six Premier League games (winning only one), including three consecutive defeats against Brighton (0-3), Nottingham Forest (1-3 and Aston Villa (1-2).

Similar to the Forest game, Leeds opened the scoring at home to Villa last week thanks to former Man City youth player Lukas Nmecha, but they lost control in the second half and a brace from Morgan Rogers handed Leeds their seventh defeat of the season. They have never lost three consecutive Premier League games in which they scored the opening goal in all of them.

Leeds' last four Premier League goals have all been scored in the first 15 minutes of matches – more than any other team at the same stage this season. However, only bottom-placed Wolves (7 goals) have scored fewer goals than Leeds (11 goals) after 12 rounds.

Controversial tactical decisions have cast doubt on manager Daniel Farke's future. His team has conceded at least one goal in their last nine Premier League games (17 goals conceded) and has fallen into the relegation zone, despite having the same number of points as 17th-placed West Ham United.

Leeds have lost their last two away Premier League matches against Man City, and the last time they lost by more than that margin was between 1963 and 1968 (four games). However, Farke may find some encouragement from his Premier League victory against Man City while managing Norwich in September 2019. Bryan Robson remains the only manager to have beaten Man City with two different newly promoted teams (Middlesbrough in 1995–96 and West Brom in 2004–05).

Latest Man City vs Leeds score prediction

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Man City vs Leedsas follows:

• Sportsmole:Man City 3-1 Leeds

• WhoScore:Man City 2-0 Leeds
• We predict:Man City 3-0 Leeds

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