Leicester City v Manchester City Predict Who Will Win?

Sergio Aguero played in the last round's penalty shootout win over Wolves

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says it "breaks my heart" when he has to leave out players, as he considers changes for the Carabo Cup quarter-final at Leicester.

Captain Vincent Kompany is a doubt again with a muscle problem and midfielder David Silva could be absent again for personal reasons.

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and midfielder Yaya Toure could come into the team.

Wilfred Ndidi is banned for Leicester after being sent off on Saturday.

Guardiola was asked about Sergio Aguero's reaction at being replaced by Gabriel Jesus after an hour of Saturday's 4-1 win over Tottenham.

"That's normal," Guardiola said. "The players want to play and I can understand him.

"Always I don't want to hurt the players, believe me. Always I understand them because I was a football player and they want to play.

"I trust the guys a lot. I don't want to offend the players. For me, it breaks my heart when Danilo cannot play, Bernardo [Silva] cannot play, Yaya cannot play, when other players cannot play.

"It breaks my heart because they deserve [to play] but we have no other choice."

Leicester defender Robert Huth (ankle) and midfielder Matty James (Achilles) remain out for Foxes boss Claude Puel - who is expected to make changes.

Puel lost last season's final to Manchester United when he was in charge of Southampton.

"The next game will tell us if this [winning the cup] is possible or not because we have to play a fantastic team," he said.

"They are the top team in Europe and it's difficult to beat this team - all the teams try without a good result.

"It's a good opportunity, a strong challenge for us to try to beat them. It's a unique game, a quarter-final, a cup game and not a Premier League game and with the support of our fans we can make a fortress at the King Power Stadium."

MATCH FACTS

• This will be the fourth meeting between these sides in the League Cup, with Manchester City winning each of the previous three to date (September 1965, September 1967 and December 2013).
• The only previous League Cup meeting between these sides in Leicester was at the last-eight stage in 2013-14, with Manchester City winning 3-1 en route to winning the trophy.
• The Foxes have not eliminated two Premier League teams in the same League Cup campaign since 1999-00, when they knocked out Leeds in round four and Aston Villa in the semi-finals before winning the final.
• On three of the four previous occasions Leicester have reached the quarter-finals of this competition, they have gone on to reach the final (1996-97, 1998-99 and 1999-00).
• Aguero has scored just four goals in his 12 previous League Cup appearances - his worst strike-rate in any competitive competition with Manchester City (not including Community Shield).
• Leicester's Islam Slimani is the joint-highest goalscorer in this season's EFL Cup (four goals).
• Despite attempting 44 shots across their two League Cup games this season, Manchester City have scored just two goals. Leicester have scored nine times from their 42 shots across their three games.