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:

April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Manchester City 33 23 7 3 80 32 +48 76
3 Liverpool 34 22 8 4 75 34 +41 74
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Manchester United 33 16 5 12 51 50 +1 53
7 Newcastle United 33 15 5 13 69 54 +15 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 9 13 49 60 -11 45
11 Brighton & Hov… 33 11 11 11 52 54 -2 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 7 15 46 54 -8 43
13 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
14 Crystal Palace 34 10 9 15 44 56 -12 39
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 34 11 8 15 36 48 -12 33
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 34 3 7 24 33 92 -59 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

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