📏 Form Guide

Chelsea

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Chelsea enter this fixture following a 1-1 Premier League tied result vs Liverpool.

In that match, Chelsea managed 51% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Enzo Fernández (35'). Liverpool got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Ryan Gravenberch (6') was the scorer for Liverpool.

Chelsea have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 against opposition teams over their previous 6 outings. In those games, Chelsea have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 11. While that may be of interest, time will tell whether such a trend will persist in this upcoming match.

Manchester City

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Manchester City come into this encounter after a 3-0 Premier League win with the defeat of Crystal Palace in their last outing.

In that match, Manchester City managed 72% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Manchester City, goals were scored by Antoine Semenyo (32'), Omar Marmoush (40') and Savinho (84'). On the other side, Crystal Palace had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Manchester City have helped themselves to a total of 12 goals. Manchester City have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve seen 5 goals go into their own net.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results going back to 17/02/2024 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for Chelsea. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Manchester City have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67% of those games played.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for The Blues and 11 belonging to The Citizens. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 32 on 12/04/2026 when it finished Chelsea 0-3 Manchester City.

On that day, Chelsea had 36% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Manchester City got 18 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Nico O'Reilly (51'), Marc Guéhi (57') and Jérémy Doku (68') scored.

The match was refereed by Chris Kavanagh.

🗞️ Team News: Chelsea

In all likelihood, The Blues should employ a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Robert Sanchez, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Moises Caicedo, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

Thanks to a largely available group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to be concerned about. Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, The Citizens seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Nico O'Reilly, Nico Gonzalez, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Chelsea might need a bit of good fortune to be putting a goal past this Manchester City outfit who will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Manchester City at full-time.

There should be little in it.

Andre Moura, 13:01 16/05/2026