This looks to be an engrossing match as Chelsea have their presumed home advantage, while Manchester City lead them by 11 points in the Premier League standings.
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
There have been limited time to rest for the home team, as they had a Premier League fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nottingham Forest.
Chelsea form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Chelsea drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nottingham Forest (placed 18th). Defender Azpilicueta got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Azpilicueta won 6 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Chelsea won a home game hosting AFC Bournemouth (2-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea as they are travelling to their away game against Manchester City in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Chelsea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 6 goals.
Manchester City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but City are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Manchester City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Everton that finished 1-1. Haaland has bagged at least one goal for the visitors four matches in a row. The skill! Mahrez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Mahrez served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
Prior to that result City won their away game at Leeds United. The scoreline was 3-1.After this away game Manchester City return home for a FA Cup game against Chelsea. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Manchester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. It's not easy to score on City as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Chelsea-Manchester City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea four wins, Manchester City five wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 21 goals |  P. Foden 7 goals |   K. Havertz 4 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Chelsea | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 44 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 88% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 12% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 56% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 10.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 17.4 | 17.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | 44% |
| 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 8.4 | 7.2 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Chelsea.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+28) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 36 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Fulham | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Brentford | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 16 |
| 16 | Everton | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 13 |
| 20 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
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