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Event Details

Home Team: Manchester City (led by Josep Guardiola i Sala) Away Team: Chelsea (led by Thomas Tuchel) Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Manchester Event Date & Time: Saturday 8th May 17:30 hours Broadcaster: Sky Sports Event: Round 35 of the Premier League Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) Weather forecast: Periods of rain

Manchester City will face Chelsea on Saturday 8th May 17:30 hours The game will be played at Etihad Stadium located at Manchester. This fixture makes up matchday 35 of the current Barclays Premier League campaign.

Current Team Form

The side led by Josep Guardiola have won with a score of 2-0 against Paris Saint-Germain. Prior to this game, they got an away win against Crystal Palace last Saturday (2-0)

Manchester City Recent Games

Date	Goals Scored	Goals against	Opponent	Played	Result
2021-05-04	2	0	Paris Saint-Germain	home	win
2021-05-01	2	0	Crystal Palace	away	win
2021-04-28	2	1	Paris Saint-Germain	away	win
2021-04-25	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	home	win
2021-04-21	2	1	Aston Villa	away	win

The side led by Thomas Tuchel have won with a score of 2-0 against Real Madrid. Prior to this game, they won against Fulham last Saturday at home (2-0).

Chelsea Recent Games

Date	Goals Scored	Goals against	Opponent	Played	Result
2021-05-05	2	0	Real Madrid	home	win
2021-05-01	2	0	Fulham	home	win
2021-04-27	1	1	Real Madrid	away	draw
2021-04-24	1	0	West Ham United	away	win
2021-04-20	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	home	draw

Head to Head

Sunday’s fixture will be the 166th meeting between the two teams over the course of English Football history.

Manchester City played last against Chelsea on Saturday 17th April 2021 which ended with the result of 0-1, won by Chelsea. Out of 165 games played, Manchester City won 58, drawn 40 and lost 67 games against Chelsea.

Manchester City’s last win over Chelsea dates back to January 2021, when they won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Top Scorers and Most in-form players

With 12 goals already to his name, all scored in this season’s Premier League, Ilkay Gündogan is Manchester City biggest and most dangerous asset. He recently scored 1 goal against Southampton, 2 goals against Tottenham Hotspur and 2 goals against Liverpool. Chelsea top scorer, Jorginho, has scored a total of 6 goals this season. Recent goal history of Jorginho include 1 goal against Everton, 1 goal against Sheffield United and 1 goal against Tottenham Hotspur.

Injury News

City has the following players injured at the moment:

Injury	Player name
Suspended: none

Chelsea has the following players injured at the moment:

Injury	Player name
Hamstring/Strain	Mateo Kovavacic
Suspended: none

Potential line-up and Formation

Manchester City probable XI (4-3-3):

Player Shirt Number	Player Name	Position
31	Ederson Santana de Moraes	GK
27	JoÃ£o Pedro Cavaco Cancelo	RB
3	Ruben Santos Gato Alves Dias	CB
14	Aymeric Laporte	CB
22	Benjamin Mendy	LB
17	Kevin De Bruyne	CM
16	Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante	CM
8	lkay Gündogan	CM
26	Riyad Mahrez	FW
9	Gabriel Fernando de Jesus	FW
7	Raheem Shaquille Sterling	FW
Chelsea probable XI (3-4-2-1):

Player Shirt Number	Player Name	Position
16	Edouard Mendy	GK
4	Andreas Christensen	CB
6	Thiago Emiliano da Silva	CB
2	Antonio Rüdiger	CB
28	Caesar Azpilicueta Tanco	RM
7	N'Golo Kante	CM
5	Jorge Luiz Frello Filho	CM
21	Ben Chilwell	LM
19	Mason Mount	AM
10	Christian Pulisic	AM
29	Kai Havertz	FW