Manchester City vs Chelsea Prediction & Match Preview

Manchester City vs Chelsea

England – Premier League

Date: Saturday, 23 November 2019

Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET

Venue: Etihad Stadium (Manchester).

Etihad Stadium will host a match between Manchester City and Chelsea as part of the 13th round of the Premier League on Saturday 23 November 2019.

Manchester City failed to reduce the gap between the leaders and Liverpool and suffered a 3-1 defeat in the Premier League match at Anfield in the 12th round of the Premier League.

The defeat left Manchester City and Liverpool up to nine points for the Reds, making it much more difficult for Pep Guardiola to maintain their third consecutive Premier League title.

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Chelsea have been in a stage that could be their best in years, with six consecutive Premier League wins and second place with Leicester on 26 points, and Frank Lampard seems to have found his best combination this season.

The Blues also rely on the youth of the Academy because of the decision to prevent them from making transfers for two terms, but nevertheless, the Chelsea fans did not feel any bad level, but on the contrary, the players of the Academy were as if they were stars added great support to the list of the London team.

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Manchester City vs Chelsea Head-to-head (h2h)

Teams Manchester City Chelsea played so far 44 matches.
Manchester City won 17 direct matches. Chelsea won 22 matches. 5 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.75 goals per Match.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Prediction

Manchester City in actual season average scored 2.95 goals per match. In 10 (100.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 8 (80.00%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.

Chelsea average scored 2.42 goals per match in season 2019. In 14 (87.50%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 13 (81.25%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.

Team news

Goalkeeper Ederson is fit and in contention to feature against Chelsea after recovering from a muscular injury, says Pep Guardiola. Bernardo Silva, however, is suspended for one match.

Guardiola confirms that Leroy Sane and Aymeric Laporte (both knee) will remain sidelined until the New Year.

Chelsea welcome back Jorginho from suspension, but Callum Hudson-Odoi (hamstring) is a "significant doubt" according to Frank Lampard.

The Blues' head coach is more optimistic about Christian Pulisic's chances of featuring having returned to training following a hip problem.

Match officials

Referee: Martin Atkinson. Assistants: Lee Betts, Constantine Hatzidakis. Fourth official: Jonathan Moss. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.