Manchester City vs Chelsea Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Etihad Stadium Date: 17th Febuary 2024 Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT
Chelsea and Manchester City will renew their rivalry this Saturday when they face off at the Etihad in the 25th Round of the 2023/24 Premier League season. Defending champions Manchester City kept their chances of securing another historic treble this season alive when they beat FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden secured all three points and ensured that Pep Guardiola’s side have one foot in the next round. With that out of the way, Guardiola’s next target will be to continue his side’s push for the Premier League title. City are currently sitting in second place but have a game in hand over table-topping Liverpool so winning here will keep them technically top of the table. Meanwhile, eleven successive wins across all competitions – their longest such run since a 21-game run between December 2020 and March 2021–puts the hosts as the favourites to win this tie. They will be more than confident of adding to that winning run in front of their fans where they’ve been formidable over the past year. City haven’t lost any of their last 22 home league games (W18, D4), and only Liverpool can boast a longer unbeaten active home run (24). Chelsea may be confident of ending that unbeaten streak here after they became the first side since Leicester in the 2020/21 season to score at least four times against Pep Guardiola’s side in the reverse fixture. In a game that would become a Premier League classic, City and Chelsea played out a 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge making Mauricio Pochettino’s side one seven teams to take points off City this season. So fans could be confident of another exciting game only that the Blues have failed to win any of the last seven H2Hs against City since emerging victorious in the 2021 Champions League final (D1, L6). All six defeats saw them fail to score, yet the blockbuster 4-4 draw in the reverse fixture should instil confidence in the Blues camp. If Chelsea score two or more goals here, it would be the first time a side managed by Guardiola has conceded six league goals in a season against a single opponent. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
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
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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
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