Manchester City vs Chelsea Preview

Manchester City vs Chelsea

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 8th May 2021

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

After securing their places in the Champions League final, both Chelsea and Manchester City will square up at the Etihad this weekend in a match that can see the home team wrap up the Premier League title.

Pep Guardiola’s side need three points to seal their fifth Premier League title after Manchester United’s game with Liverpool last week was postponed.

In what is a repeat of the FA Cup semi-final tie last month, Man City will be hoping they can put in a proper performance in this game and give fans a glimpse of what can be expected in the Champions League final on May 29.

The Sky Blues head into this tie on a five-game-winning run, last losing to Chelsea in the aforementioned FA Cup semi-final. They have kept three clean sheets in their last five games and have averaged 1.8 goals a game over the last five matches.

With the tie holding such huge significance, Guardiola’s side are expected to put in a performance worthy of PL champions.

The Blues put in a big performance in their last outing, knocking Real Madrid out of the Champions League to book a place in next month’s showpiece in Istanbul.

With two finals now in the bag, Thomas Tuchel is now looking to seal a top-four finish to guarantee CL football next season.

His team heads into this tie unbeaten in six games and can make it two wins in two games against their hosts who they beat last month.

However, they have not won at the Etihad since 2016, losing their last three meetings by an aggregate scoreline of 9-1.

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 22, 2024
Everton 15:00 Chelsea
Fulham 15:00 Southampton
Leicester City 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town

Premier League Table

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

Latest Premier League Results

December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
December 9, 2024
West Ham United 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
December 8, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 4 Chelsea
Ipswich Town 1 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
Fulham 1 - 1 Arsenal
Leicester City 2 - 2 Brighton & Hov…

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