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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 UEFA 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:

December 2, 2023
Arsenal 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 16:00 Luton Town
Burnley 16:00 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Everton
Newcastle United 21:00 Manchester United
December 3, 2023
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Liverpool 15:00 Fulham
West Ham United 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 17:30 Tottenham Hotspur
December 5, 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Burnley
Luton Town 21:15 Arsenal
December 6, 2023
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Crystal Palace 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Fulham 20:30 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United 20:30 Liverpool
Manchester United 21:15 Chelsea
Aston Villa 21:15 Manchester City
December 7, 2023
Everton 20:30 Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur 21:15 West Ham United

Premier League Table

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

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