Manchester City vs Chelsea Preview

Manchester City vs Chelsea

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Etihad Stadium

Date: 4th March 2018

Kick-off time – 16:00 GMT

Manchester City may have lost out of winning a quadruple this season, but the Cityzens could still end up winning a treble and that would not be bad considering that Pep Guardiola did not win a single trophy in his first season at the Etihad.

They come to this game off the back of two consecutive wins over Arsenal, one in the Carabao Cup final in Wembley and the other in a Premier League game at the Emirates.

They netted 6 goals and conceded none in those two games and this game represents another tough one for the runaway league leaders.

They remain a strong side at home, and their 5-1 thrashing of Leicester City in their last league game made it 13 straight home wins, but their last home loss came against this same visitor.

Chelsea are not expected to cause an upset in this game given that they lost to a poor Manchester United side on Sunday.

They have lost 3 of their last 4 league games and have just two wins from their last 8 away league games.

They head into this game 2 points off the top four which puts them under pressure to get a result here.

They have scored in all but two of their away league games this season, but can they outscore the league leaders here?

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City 25 Feb, 2018 English Carabao Cup
L Wigan Athletic 1-0 Manchester City 19 Feb, 2018 English FA Cup
W FC Basel 0-4 Manchester City 13 Feb, 2018 Champions League
W Manchester City 5-1 Leicester City 10 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
D Burnley 1-1 Manchester City 3 Feb, 2018 English Premier League

Chelsea

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea 25 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
D Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona 20 Feb, 2018 Champions League
W Chelsea 4-0 Hull City 16 Feb, 2018 English FA Cup
W Chelsea 3-0 West Bromwich Albion 12 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
L Watford 4-1 Chelsea 5 Feb, 2018 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City 30 Sep, 2017 English Premier League
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City 5 Apr, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea 3 Dec, 2016 English Premier League
Chelsea 0-3 Manchester City 16 Apr, 2016 English Premier League
Chelsea 5-1 Manchester City 21 Feb, 2016 English FA Cup


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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