Man City vs Chelsea: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 23rd November 2019

Man City vs Chelsea: Preview and Prediction

England Premier League
Saturday 23rd November 2019
Kick off at 5:30pm GMT
Venue: Etihad Stadium

Match Preview:

A massive game will take place in the early evening of Saturday when champions Manchester City take on Chelsea.

City find themselves under a ton of pressure after losing to Liverpool by 3-1 before the international break and are now 9 points behind them. By the time this game kicks off they could be 12 points. Even getting a draw here will be useless to them and to an extent Chelsea also.

What hunger and desire do City have? They have lost 3 games already this season and find themselves in 4th place. Although they are just a point behind Leicester and Chelsea. From 18 points at home City have picked up 13 and whilst that would be great for most teams it is hurting them because of the consistency of Liverpool. Make no mistake City are still a brilliant side but there has to be question marks over the club this season.

Chelsea are the most in-form side in the league and have won an incredible 6 matches in a row. Frank Lampard is proving the doubters wrong with a perfect mix of young and old players and those young ones are especially good.

The Blues could go 2nd if Leicester slip up earlier in the day against Brighton and go 4 points clear of their hosts. This is a massive game for Chelsea no doubt. The club are looking very dangerous and have won their last 5 games away from home and with 18 goals they have the best record in that department.

 

Team News:

Manchester City: Bernardo Silva is suspended for 1 game for breaching FA rules. He is the only new absentee from the side

Chelsea: Ross Barkley looks set to miss with an ongoing ankle injury. Antonio Rudiger’s groin injury has set the player back and he isn’t expected to be fit until the beginning of December.

 

Man City vs Chelsea Head to Head:

No Manchester City fan will forget last season where the club beat Chelsea here 6-0.

Chelsea have won 1 game at Manchester City in the last 5 meetings.

3 of the last 4 meetings have ended in under 2.5 goals.

 

Man City vs Chelsea Prediction:

If Chelsea can play just like they have been then they will cause Manchester City all sorts of problems. The one worry for Chelsea is that when they have played the so called bigger names they have come unstuck. Twice already to Manchester United, losing 4-0 in the league, and then against Liverpool 2-1 although that was a close game. This match being away from home won’t help. The odds on a City win offer less value because this could easily finish as a draw, and it will be the draw that we take but for half time. Goals can be scored but we think that will happen in the 2nd half when mistakes are made and more risks going forward will be taken. Sergio Aguero likes playing Chelsea and the forward has scored 5 goals in the last 3 league games, so he is worth taking on.

 

Man City vs Chelsea  Betting Tips:

Draw at Half Time at 2.50

Highest Scoring Half: 2nd half at 1.91

Anytime goalscorer: Sergio Aguero at 1.62

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