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I know Leicester made a lot of changes for their 5-0 Champions League defeat against Porto but that result puts more pressure on them to improve their poor domestic form.

Leicester lost N'Golo Kante to Chelsea over the summer and a lot of the players who were so important in them winning the title last season are not in the same form, but there is no substitute for hard work and their players need to take responsibility.

The Foxes need to screw their heads' back on and quickly, because the other teams around them at the bottom might not have as much quality but they will be fighting hard for survival.

Funnily enough, this game might be just what Leicester need - a big game against a big club.

Teams can definitely get at City too. Pep Guardiola changes his team and his system around a lot and I don't think Aleksandar Kolarov is a good enough defender to play in a back three.

Alongside him, Nicolas Otamendi's defensive decision making is poor and I am not convinced by Claudio Bravo in goal either - he got his angles all wrong for Chelsea's second goal last weekend.

Yes, if City had taken their early chances, they would have beaten Chelsea, but they have got problems at the back.

Fernandinho's suspension will not help them defensively either and of course up front they are without Sergio Aguero, who is also banned.

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Robbie's prediction: Leicester winning the Premier League showed what a crazy world we live in. Would it be so crazy to think that a team that won the title last season gets relegated this time? I am thinking Leicester are going to lose this one - Kelechi Iheanacho to score City's goals. 1-2

I felt Claudio Ranieri rested the wrong players against Porto. For me, Wes Morgan should have come out of the team, he's the one that will be worked against Man City.

Jamie Vardy isn't scoring and Riyad Mahrez is a shadow of the player he was last year, and Ranieri is resting them with a view to relying on them to perform at the weekend.

Pep Guardiola has to make his mind up on the back four. He changes it every week and you never get any kind of pattern. How are the players supposed to build an understanding?

Leicester are in a relegation battle, though, and I think Man City win this game.

PAUL PREDICTS: 1-3 (Sky Bet odds 12/1)

Hutch's Shoulder wrote:Robbie Williams talks most sense there.

When Merson says the back four I wonder if he means back three plus keeper or a four in front of the keeper? Actually he probably just uses the words without meaning anything. I'd be happy with his prediction though.