On the 8th of January, Manchester City will host Chelsea at Etihad Stadium in a meeting of these two FA Cup teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Manchester City is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Everton. Erling Braut Håland scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 24th minute, then Demarai Gray got the equalizer for Everton in the 64th minute on a feed from Idrissa Gueye squeezing out at least the one point for Everton. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while chelsea is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest. Raheem Sterling scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 16th minute, but Serge Aurier got the equalizer for Nottingham Forest in the 63rd minute earning Nottingham Forest a comeback draw. Chelsea is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sat May 29th, Manchester City hosted Chelsea in their last match together. Chelsea took the match by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 16000 dissapointed spectators. Kai Havertz scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 42nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Manchester City was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory.
Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Raheem Sterling. The English attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Manchester City is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.