Chelsea vs Manchester City – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sreya

Chelsea vs Manchester City – Chelsea hosts Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge on 5th April, Wednesday in the most anticipated English Premier League fixture of the week.

Chelsea are the league leaders with sixty nine points, ahead of the second-placed Tottenham Hotspur but the 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace sure hurt Chelsea’s title chances.

Manchester City are fourth in the league standings with fifty eight points. Although Pep Guardiola’s side are unbeaten in their last six games, they have drawn in their last three outings. Manchester City were pegged back after taking the lead twice against Arsenal this previous Sunday.

Team News

Victor Moses will face a late fitness test as Chelsea’s right wingback was sorely missed on the weekend. Manchester City will be without the injured Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N’Golo Kante, Nemanja Matic, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Willy Caballero, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Otamendi, Jesus Navas, Fernandinho, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov, Kevin de Bruyne, Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane.

“Chelsea will be a big game and especially a big game away, it is important to learn from these kinds of games for the future. They play less games, they have more time to prepare. But Chelsea will be in Europe next year and they have the quality to compete. Chelsea deserve to be where they are, they have won a lot of games and deserve their position.”

– Pep Guardiola, Manchester City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Chelsea vs Manchester City H2H Stats, Chelsea won two, lost two and drew one of their previous five matches against Manchester City in all competitions.

It should be a closely contested affair with the result playing a huge role in Chelsea’s chances of regaining the Premier League title. A 2-2 draw is the most likely result.