Jan 15th features a match where Manchester City and Chelsea will play a match in Manchester in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 4-1 win against Swindon Town. Bernardo Silva struck first for Manchester City in the 14th minute on a feed from Cole Palmer, then Gabriel Jesus added another in the 28th minute. Manchester City looks to continue their winning ways, having 10 wins in their last 10 matches, while chelsea sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-1 win against Chesterfield. Timo Werner scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 6th minute, then Callum Hudson-Odoi added another in the 18th minute. Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Chelsea and Manchester City last played eachother at the Stamford Bridge on Sat Sep 25th. Manchester City took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Gabriel Jesus struck first for Manchester City in the 53rd minute on a feed from João Cancelo, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Chelsea couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win.
Romelu Lukaku has been the most prolific scorer on Chelsea in his last 5 matches with three goals. Both Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez have been the hottest scorers for Manchester City in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals
Rodri, John Stones, Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden and Oleksandr Zinchenko are unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team, while Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea squad will be without N’Golo Kanté, Reece James, Timo Werner and Andreas Christensen.