Manchester City and Chelsea meet on Saturday with the two parties seeking to gain an advantage in pursuing the competition of the UEFA Champions League in the English Premier League, the two little likely to rekindle their hopes as an old title. These two have already met at Stamford Bridge earlier this season with The men of Pep Guardiola winning 2-0 And now they meet at Stade Etihad with his team needing a response to their defeat in the middle of the week in Paris Saint-Germain.
It was not the first capitulation of citizens of the season in Paris, with three goals sent in 22 minutes as part of a 4-2 defeat which leaves them in danger of not reaching the direct elimination phase. Guardiola and his players have a difficult series of Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League. City lost its three EPL games immediately after a European game in the middle of the week, but they are undefeated in seven against the Londoners with five victories.
Chelsea stole a late point against Bournemouth before seeing Wolverhampton Wanderers with relative ease to end a race without five games in EPL. Blues have won none of their last 10 games with City in all competitions since their Final victory of the UCL in 2021. The Enzo Maresca team has taken more points on the road than in Stamford Bridge this quarter, but is without three victory at home after keeping a single white sheet of 16 games on the road to City while n ‘ Not marked seven times.
Here are our scenarios, how you can watch the match and more:
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How to watch and dimensions
- Date: Saturday January 25 | Time: 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Etihad Stadium – Manchester, England
- Watch: Premium of peacock
- Odds: City +100; Draw +300; Chelsea +225
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Season so far
City’s inbeten sequence of City with 23 goals scored and only four conceded came to crash in Paris while Guardiola looked at his team to throw an advance of two goals and lose 4-2. Citizens also failed to win nine games in all competitions when they were in the lead. After a delicate race around the turn of the year, Chelsea won two and pulled one of three games, which is enough to return to the first four and ahead of City in fifth by two points.
Team news
City: Ruben Dias is a doubt with Nathan Ake while Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb should not be ready either. Rodri is long -term absent while Kyle Walker is joining Milan. Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis all joined the club and could appear here although unlikely from the start. Jack Grealish hopes for a start after his projection in the middle of the week while Savinho and Kevin de Bruyne could also provide support for Erling Haaland.
Possible city XI: Orthing; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Guard; Cuisine, Bernard; Food, Bruyne, Savinho; Haaland.
Chelsea: Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashiles and Mykhaylo Mudryk all out while Levi Colwill and Enzo Fernandez are also doubts. Robert Sanchez is expected to continue with the goal in front of Filip Jorgensen despite some recent errors while Reece James may not be in good shape to start the consecutive matches for the moment so that Malo Gusto can return. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall could associate with Moises Caicedo in the middle while Jadon Sancho hopes to start in front of Noni Madueke or Pedro Neto and Cole Palmer should continue behind Nicolas Jackson against his former club.
Chelsea XI Possible: Sanchez; Taste, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Dewsbury-Hall, Caicedo; Net, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Prediction
Although Chelsea has the quality to possibly take the three points, City must react after their Parisian nightmare, so expect to see an improved effort that should be sufficient for a point. Take: City 1, Chelsea 1.
