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Manchester City vs Chelsea

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 21st May 2023

Kick-off time – 16:00 GMT

Manchester City will look to seal the Premier League title this Sunday when they welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium.

The Cityzens have had a brilliant season where they are on course to win three trophies, having booked their place in the FA Cup and Champions League finals. Their last outing, a 4-0 win over Real Madrid, proved their credentials in their attempt to win a historic treble.

The win against Carlo Ancelotti’s side made it 23 games without defeat for Pep Guardiola’s side (W19, D4). In the Premier League, they are on a run of eleven consecutive wins and a 12th in succession here would crown them Champions of England for a historic third consecutive season.

Having beaten Chelsea in their last five H2Hs without conceding a goal, City will feel confident of getting that 12th win at the Etihad where they have won their last 16 games.

Chelsea has never lost six consecutive matches without scoring to any opponent in their history. Doing so here would be the unfortunate cherry on top of their own historic season which will most likely see them finish in the bottom half of the table for the first time since 1996.

However, Frank Lampard’s side have shown signs of life lately by going two games undefeated (W1, D1) after losing six games in a row before then.

But the Blues could be in for a long day at the Etihad as they have won none of their last 14 Premier League meetings against teams starting the day above them (D4, L10) and after winning only two of their last 15 away assignments (D3, L10), it could be another embarrassing outing for the Blues.

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

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

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

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