Chelsea vs Manchester City Preview

Chelsea vs Manchester City

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Stamford Bridge

Date: 12th November 2023

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

Chelsea will look to win back-to-back Premier League games for the second time this season when they welcome defending champions Manchester City to Stamford Bridge this Sunday.

The Blues became the first team to defeat Tottenham this season last time out, beating Ange Postecoglou’s side 4-1 in an entertaining game that saw the hosts reduced to nine men. That win was their third away win in all competitions and moved Mauricio Pochettino’s side into the Premier League top half.

They hope to become the second side to beat Man City in the league this season. But doing so will require them to better their home record, as they have not won in their last four home league games (D1, L3).

Meanwhile, Manchester City will be confident of beating Chelsea given that they have won the last four meetings with the Blues without conceding a goal–1-0 win on each occasion.

Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie in good form, too, having won each of their last five games. Their last win was a 3-0 win over Young Boys, which booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Having climbed to the pinnacle of the league table courtesy of Chelsea’s win over Tottenham, Pep Guardiola’s side will now look to retain their place as they look to win a fourth consecutive Premier League title.

However, if anything will discourage City fans, it is that Guardiola does not have a strong record against Pochettino, with the City boss coming out on top in just three of the last six such outings (L3) against the Chelsea boss.

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

May 1, 2025
Nottingham Forest 19:30 Brentford
May 2, 2025
Manchester City 20:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 3, 2025
Aston Villa 12:30 Fulham
Everton 15:00 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 15:00 Southampton
Arsenal 17:30 AFC Bournemouth
May 4, 2025
Brentford 14:00 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Newcastle United
West Ham United 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 16:30 Liverpool
May 5, 2025
Crystal Palace 20:00 Nottingham Forest
May 10, 2025
Fulham 15:00 Everton
Ipswich Town 15:00 Brentford
Southampton 15:00 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 17:30 Aston Villa

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 80 32 +48 82
2 Arsenal 34 18 13 3 63 29 +34 67
3 Newcastle United 34 19 5 10 65 44 +21 62
4 Manchester City 34 18 7 9 66 43 +23 61
5 Chelsea 34 17 9 8 59 40 +19 60
6 Nottingham Forest 33 18 6 9 53 39 +14 60
7 Aston Villa 34 16 9 9 54 49 +5 57
8 Fulham 34 14 9 11 50 46 +4 51
9 Brighton & Hov… 34 13 12 9 56 55 +1 51
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 13 11 10 53 41 +12 50
11 Brentford 33 13 7 13 56 50 +6 46
12 Crystal Palace 34 11 12 11 43 47 -4 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 5 17 51 61 -10 41
14 Manchester United 34 10 9 15 39 47 -8 39
15 Everton 34 8 14 12 34 41 -7 38
16 Tottenham Hotspur 34 11 4 19 62 56 +6 37
17 West Ham United 34 9 9 16 39 58 -19 36
18 Ipswich Town 34 4 9 21 33 74 -41 21
19 Leicester City 34 4 6 24 27 76 -49 18
20 Southampton 34 2 5 27 25 80 -55 11

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