Manchester City and Chelsea spectators can't wait for Champions League clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Sat 29.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Manchester City and Chelsea get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Final fixture.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Manchester City form and stats

Last season, City's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals.

Manchester City have performed here at Estádio Do Dragão this season with 13 wins from 19 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.

City's last game was hosting Everton and winning 5-0. Midfield player Kevin De Bruyne got a match rating of 9.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Bruyne scored one goal, served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled passed the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, City played a great game against Everton and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does City handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.

Goals decide football matches and City are scoring many of them at home; 43 on target from 19 league matches. City have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Bayern München.

10 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 8W-3D-1L. This is both home and away.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Chelsea, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Aston Villa. Midfield player Ben Chilwell was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Chilwell scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Leicester City in the Premier League.

Chelsea are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

The visiting Chelsea have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 19 games. It's not easy to score on Chelsea as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Manchester City five wins, one draw and Chelsea four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester Cityİ. Gündoğan
İ. Gündoğan
13 goals
CityR. Sterling
R. Sterling
10 goals
Manchester CityP. Foden
P. Foden
9 goals

Manchester City missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City Chelsea
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
20 9   Won W   7 15
0 0   Drew D   3 5
5 3   Lost L   1 5
55 28   Scored S   15 32
22 11   Conceded C   6 15
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 88%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 56%
60% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 20%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 8%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 8%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   45% 28%
44% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 60%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   9% 24%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.9 17.2   Shots (avg) S (   13 13
5.4 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 4.8
41% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.