Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho (L) and Raheem Sterling. (Photo : Getty Images)
Erstwhile league leader Manchester City FC (9-4-2, 29 points) will look to get out of its current rut as it faces stumbling team Swansea City AFC (3-7-5, 14 points) for a 2015-2016 Premier League matchup at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, December 12.
City suffered its second loss in three matches via a humiliating 0-2 defeat to Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium last Saturday, as reported by The Guardian.
Only one man from the Potters' side, striker Marko Arnautovic, was responsible for the two-goal haul of the home squad while goalkeeper Jack Butland pulled off a clean sheet against Manuel Pellegrini's boys in the highly-anticipated match.
With its fourth loss of the season, the Citizens gave up league leadership to Leicester City, who is now three points above the two Manchester clubs.
Meanwhile, it is worse in Swansea City as the Swans crashed into their fifth consecutive winless effort, succumbing to the current league leader Foxes, 0-3, at their own Liberty Stadium also last Saturday, via SkySports.
Just like in the Manchester City game, only one man from Leicester dealt the damage to Garry Monk's squad as Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez pulled off a hat trick to hand Swansea its second straight loss.
The prediction is a 3-1 decision for Manchester City. Pellegrini and his star-studded squad will be keen on redeeming themselves in this game versus the Swans and a blowout victory seems to be in the horizon.
Manchester City starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Hart; Sagna, Kolarov, Otamendi, Demichelis; Fernando, De Bruyne; Sterling, Silva, Fernandinho; Bony
Swansea City starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Fabianski; Naughton, Taylor, Bartley, Williams; Ayew, Sung-yueng; Routledge, Sigurdsson, Britton; Gomis
