Chelsea vs Man City – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

City look back to their best with two fine wins in a row. Chelsea have lost four straight matches with 12 goals leaked.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea are on a four-match losing streak. In the league, it’s just two wins in the last seven matches. A 2-1 loss to Arsenal was followed by a resounding 4-1 away at Aston Villa. After winning 4-2 at Wrexham, they lost 5-2 away to PSG and 1-0 at home to Newcastle in two poor displays.

The Blues were humbled 3-0 at home by PSG in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg, before being beaten 3-0 away by Everton. Chelsea won 7-0 at home to Port Vale in their last match to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

Chelsea Team News

Centre back Levi Colwill is ruled out, though he has returned to training. This match is expected to come too soon for Trevoh Chalobah or Reece James, So Tosin Adarabiyo may start at the back.

Winger Jamie Gittens is out with a hamstring injury. Enzo Fernandez misses out due to an internal ban. Coach Liam Rosenior may hand a start to Estevao down the right flank.

Chelsea Motivation

The Blues are chasing a top five finish. They really need to stop the rot and get at least a draw in this match.

Rosenior’s side will try to keep the ball and play on the front foot. However, that approach could make them vulnerable to City’s high pressing.

Man City Form

Man City look back to their best in recent games. They had been on an 11-match unbeaten run as they won the final six matches during that streak. A 3-1 win at Newcastle in the FA Cup was followed by a shock 3-0 loss away to Real Madrid. They could only follow that with a 1-1 draw at West Ham despite a 24-1 shot count in their favour.

City lost 2-1 at home to Real Madrid as they played 70 minutes with ten men. Two fine wins have followed. They beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final in a convincing display. Last Saturday, they smashed Liverpool 4-0 in the FA Cup to reach the semi-finals of that competition.

Man City Team News

Josko Gvardiol is still ruled out for Man City, whilst Ruben Dias and John Stones will need late fitness tests to determine their involvement.

Gianluigi Donnarumma will return in goal in place of James Trafford. It could be an unchanged XI from the win over Liverpool.

Man City Motivation

City look to be playing with freedom and confidence again. They will go to Chelsea and expect to win the match.

City are nine points behind Arsenal and can’t afford to drop any points. They will attack and look to dominate Chelsea from the start.

Key Stats

• Chelsea have kept just 4 clean sheets in their last 26 matches (Both Teams Scored in 18/23)
• Chelsea have won just 2 of their last 7 league matches
• Chelsea have lost their last 4 matches in all competitions
• Man City have won to zero on 3 of their last 4 trips to Chelsea
• Man City’s Erling Haaland has scored 6 goals in his last 9 matches

Verdict

City look formidable of late and Chelsea look fragile. This looks set to be an away win and a clean sheet is backed.

Best Bet: Man City win at 2.16

Value Bet: Man City win to zero at 4.50