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Manchester City v Chelsea : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 25th Jan, 17:30 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Manchester City and their manager Pep Guardiola will be looking to get one over on Enzo Maresca and his Chelsea side on Saturday evening, as the pair meet at the Etihad Stadium in the English Premier League. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we cover too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Premier League performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Man City
42%
--
Draw
23%
--
Chelsea
35%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Man City 2-1
9%
--
Chelsea 2-1
8%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
Man City 1-0
6%
--
Chelsea 1-0
6%
--
Man City 2-0
6%
--
Man City 3-1
5%
--
Chelsea 2-0
5%
--
Chelsea 3-1
4%
--
Man City 3-2
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Chelsea 3-2
4%
--
Man City 3-0
3%
--
Chelsea 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
64%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
36%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
65%
--
BTTS - No
35%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
21%
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Home/draw
65%
--
Away/draw
58%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
58%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
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Home DNB
58%
--
Away DNB
51%
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Man City win to nil
17%
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Chelsea win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 2 and won 2. Man City have conceded 5 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 1 match and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Man City have played 10 games at home, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Chelsea lay in 4th place on 36 points in the Premier League league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Chelsea have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Chelsea have played 11 away games, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 2.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Chelsea
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool1914412846 
Feb 23
l
 
2-0A
May 3
l
 
2-1A
2
Arsenal2011722140 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 2
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
3
Nottm Forest2012441040 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 8
d
 
1-1A
May 25
4
Chelsea Away2010641536 
Jan 25
w
 
0-2F
-
-
5
Newcastle2010551235 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
May 10
6
Man City Home201046934 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Jan 25
7
Bournemouth20965733 
May 18
l
 
2-1A
Jan 14
w
 
0-1F
8
A Villa20956-232 
Apr 26
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
Feb 22
9
Fulham20794330 
w
 
3-2A
May 25
l
 
1-2F
Apr 19
10
Brighton206104128 
Mar 15
l
 
2-1F
w
 
4-2A
Feb 14
11
Brentford20839327 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 14
w
 
2-1F
Apr 5
12
Spurs2073101224 
l
 
0-4A
Feb 25
Apr 2
w
 
3-4A
13
Man Utd20659-523 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 5
May 18
d
 
1-1A
14
West Ham20659-1523 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-3F
Feb 3
w
 
0-3F
15
C Palace20497-721 
Apr 12
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
16
Everton19388-1017 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 19
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
17
Wolves204412-1416 
May 3
w
 
1-2A
Jan 20
w
 
2-6F
18
Ipswich203710-1516 
w
 
4-1A
Jan 19
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
19
Leicester203512-2114 
Apr 2
w
 
0-2F
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
20
Southampton201316-326 
w
 
1-0F
May 10
Feb 26
w
 
1-5F
Win / draw / win form
Man City 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City4 - 1West Ham
Man City1 - 1Everton
Man City1 - 2Man Utd
Man City3 - 0Nottm Forest
Man City0 - 4Spurs
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Man City3 - 2Fulham
Man City2 - 2Arsenal
Man City2 - 1Brentford
Man City4 - 1Ipswich
Man City3 - 1West Ham
Man City5 - 1Wolves
Man City5 - 1Luton
Man City4 - 1A Villa
Man City0 - 0Arsenal
Man City3 - 1Man Utd
Man City1 - 0Brentford
Man City1 - 1Chelsea
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City3 - 1Burnley
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan City4 - 1West Ham
AMan City2 - 0Leicester
HMan City1 - 1Everton
AMan City1 - 2A Villa
HMan City1 - 2Man Utd
AMan City2 - 2C Palace
HMan City3 - 0Nottm Forest
AMan City0 - 2Liverpool
HMan City0 - 4Spurs
AMan City1 - 2Brighton
AMan City1 - 2Bournemouth
HMan City1 - 0Southampton
AMan City2 - 1Wolves
HMan City3 - 2Fulham
AMan City1 - 1Newcastle
HMan City2 - 2Arsenal
HMan City2 - 1Brentford
AMan City3 - 1West Ham
HMan City4 - 1Ipswich
AMan City2 - 0Chelsea
Chelsea 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
C Palace1 - 1Chelsea
Ipswich2 - 0Chelsea
Everton0 - 0Chelsea
Spurs3 - 4Chelsea
Southampton1 - 5Chelsea
Leicester1 - 2Chelsea
Man Utd1 - 1Chelsea
Liverpool2 - 1Chelsea
West Ham0 - 3Chelsea
Bournemouth0 - 1Chelsea
Wolves2 - 6Chelsea
Brighton1 - 2Chelsea
Nottm Forest2 - 3Chelsea
A Villa2 - 2Chelsea
Arsenal5 - 0Chelsea
Sheff Utd2 - 2Chelsea
Brentford2 - 2Chelsea
Man City1 - 1Chelsea
C Palace1 - 3Chelsea
Liverpool4 - 1Chelsea
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AChelsea1 - 1C Palace
AChelsea0 - 2Ipswich
HChelsea1 - 2Fulham
AChelsea0 - 0Everton
HChelsea2 - 1Brentford
AChelsea4 - 3Spurs
AChelsea5 - 1Southampton
HChelsea3 - 0A Villa
AChelsea2 - 1Leicester
HChelsea1 - 1Arsenal
AChelsea1 - 1Man Utd
HChelsea2 - 1Newcastle
AChelsea1 - 2Liverpool
HChelsea1 - 1Nottm Forest
HChelsea4 - 2Brighton
AChelsea3 - 0West Ham
AChelsea1 - 0Bournemouth
HChelsea1 - 1C Palace
AChelsea6 - 2Wolves
HChelsea0 - 2Man City
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Man City since 1992
Man City
Chelsea
Goals: Scored
31
30
Games: Scored
19 / 27
19 / 27
Clean sheets
8 / 27
8 / 27
MCI
11
D
3
CHE
13
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Draw1 - 1Draw
Man City1 - 0
Man City1 - 0
1 - 2Chelsea
Man City2 - 1
Man City6 - 0
Man City1 - 0
1 - 3Chelsea
Man City3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Chelsea
Man City2 - 0
Man City2 - 1
Man City1 - 0
Man City2 - 1
1 - 3Chelsea
0 - 2Chelsea
0 - 1Chelsea
0 - 1Chelsea
Man City1 - 0
0 - 1Chelsea
0 - 3Chelsea
1 - 2Chelsea
0 - 1Chelsea
1 - 2Chelsea
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Chelsea
League games at Chelsea since 1993
Chelsea
Man City
Goals: Scored
46
30
Games: Scored
20 / 28
16 / 28
Clean sheets
12 / 28
8 / 28
MCI
8
D
6
CHE
14
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chelsea
0 - 2Man City
Draw4 - 4Draw
0 - 1Man City
0 - 1Man City
1 - 3Man City
Chelsea2 - 1
Chelsea2 - 0
0 - 1Man City
Chelsea2 - 1
0 - 3Man City
Draw1 - 1Draw
Chelsea2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Chelsea2 - 1
Chelsea2 - 0
2 - 4Man City
Chelsea1 - 0
Chelsea6 - 0
Chelsea3 - 0
Chelsea2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Chelsea1 - 0
Chelsea5 - 0
Chelsea2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Chelsea3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 4Man City
Goal Statistics

Manchester City have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Chelsea on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Man City 6th Chelsea 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that Chelsea will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+12
Chelsea have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Chelsea
1.7
1.6
Attack rating
%
better
MCI
CHE
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
MCI
CHE
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Man City v Chelsea Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
201655
E HaalandE HaalandS SávioR Lewis
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Silva MID2024
4
-
E Haaland FWD20161
2
-
J Gvardiol DEF194
1
-
R Lewis DEF1812
4
1
I Gündogan MID181
1
-
S Sávio FWD1715
2
-
M Akanji DEF16
3
-
M Kovacic MID163
4
-
K Walker DEF15
3
-
P Foden MID1521
2
-
J Grealish MID141
3
-
J Doku FWD1423
-
Ederson GLK131
3
-
R Dias DEF13
3
-
K Bruyne MID1323
2
-
M Nunes MID123
1
-
N Aké  DEF8
-
J Stones DEF82
1
-
S Ortega GLK7
1
-
J McAtee MID4
-
Rodri MID2
-
Chelsea Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
201368
M CaicedoC PalmerC PalmerM Cucurella 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Caicedo MID2012
4
-
C Palmer MID20136
3
-
L Colwill DEF191
5
-
E Fernández MID1934
3
-
N Jackson FWD1993
4
-
R Sánchez GLK18
3
-
M Cucurella  DEF1811
7
1
C Nkunku  FWD1821
1
-
N Madueke FWD1853
3
-
M Gusto DEF171
3
-
P Neto FWD1712
6
-
J Sancho FWD1424
1
-
W Fofana DEF12
6
-
J Félix FWD1011
2
-
T Adarabioyo DEF9
1
-
R Lavia MID91
3
-
R Veiga DEF7
2
-
M Mudryk FWD7
-
A Disasi DEF51
1
-
K Dewsbury-Hall MID5
-
B Badiashile  DEF4
-
R James  DEF4
-
F Jörgensen GLK2
-
M Guiu FWD2
-