Following Manchester City's defeat at Liverpool on Sunday, manager Manuel Pellegrini wants to see a backlash against Barclays Premier League strugglers Leicester City.
At the weekend leaders Chelsea clinched the League Cup while BPL champions City fell to a 2-1 loss at Anfield - meaning they remain five points off top spot having played a match more than Jose Mourinho's side.
With the top two back in action in midweek, Pellegrini's men, who were also beaten 2-1 at home by Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League last Tuesday, can ill-afford another slip-up against the division's bottom side on Wednesday.
"We will see the reaction in the next game," the Chilean told reporters after the Liverpool defeat. "I hope that the team will recover and we can win on Wednesday because every point we drop means it is more difficult for the title.
"We are worried about our team, not the other teams that are behind us. It is important to try and continue playing the normal way."
City have a clean bill of health as they seek to do the double over Leicester, having won 1-0 at the King Power Stadium in December thanks to Frank Lampard's first-half strike.
Since that defeat, Nigel Pearson's charges have taken just eight points from a possible 30 - leaving them five points adrift of safety.
But even though time is running out for Leicester to avoid an immediate return to the Championship, Pearson remains upbeat following a narrow defeat at Arsenal and a 2-2 draw at Everton in their last two matches.
"We've tried to build on some of the positive performances of late, in particular the Arsenal and Everton performances, which have been very encouraging," he said. "We probably deserved more out of both those games, but there's no getting away from the fact that we've got to get better results.
"Obviously the next game gives us a very tough test, so it's important that we're positive but also that we play as well as we can."
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel will miss out against his former employers, as he remains one to two weeks away from returning after a foot injury.
Match Facts
Leicester City have won all three BPL away matches against Manchester City, keeping three clean sheets in the process.
Manchester City have kept only six clean sheets in their last 18 Barclays Premier League home matches.
Leicester have kept fewer clean sheets than any other team in the League this season (four).
Manchester City have fired in 447 shots (including blocked) this season, the most in the BPL.
Manchester City (from): Caballero, Hart, Wright, Boyata, Clichy, Demichelis, Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Sagna, Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Fernando, Lampard, Milner, Nasri, Navas, Silva, Toure, Aguero, Bony, Dzeko, Jovetic.
Leicester City (from): Hamer, Schwarzer, De Laet, Huth, Konchesky, Moore, Morgan, Simpson, Upson, Wasilewski, Albrighton, Cambiasso, Drinkwater, Hammond, James, King, Knockaert, Mahrez, Schlupp, Kramaric, Lawrence, Nugent, Ulloa, Vardy, Wood.
Match Appointments
Referee: Robert Madley
Assistants: A Halliday, D Bryan
Fourth Official: C Foy
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