Chelsea vs Manchester City

Chelsea and Manchester City go head-to-head at Stamford Bridge in a mouth-watering Premier League showdown that pits the joint-best top-flight defenses against each other.

It’s been an utterly impressive start to the season for Chelsea so far, as they head into proceedings as the Premier League joint-pacesetters alongside Manchester United and Liverpool (W4, D1). An overwhelming 3-0 away victory over cross-town rivals Tottenham last time out made it four clean sheets in five Premier League fixtures for Chelsea this term and 15 in Thomas Tuchel’s 24 league games in charge! Tuchel has seemingly had Man City’s number since arriving at Stamford Bridge, guiding Chelsea to three consecutive H2H victories in all competitions, including a 1-0 triumph in last season’s Champions League grand-final. Additionally, the ‘Blues’ have won both Premier League home matches this season by an identical 3-0 scoreline, getting on the scoresheet within the 30th minute on each occasion.

In the meantime, Man City have bounced back from a dismal 1-0 opening day loss to Tottenham, going unbeaten in their subsequent four Premier League matches (W3, D1), including a scoreless home draw with Southampton last time out. Worryingly, though, before eking out a narrow 1-0 victory over Leicester City in their most recent competitive game on hostile turf, the ‘Citizens’ had lost three consecutive fixtures away from the Etihad, failing to score twice in the process. During his trophy-laden managerial career, Pep Guardiola has lost more matches versus Chelsea (8) than against any other opposition and could suffer four straight defeats to a single opponent for the first time. The Spaniard can draw some confidence from knowing Man City have won three of their last six Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge (L3), more victories than they had in their previous 23 travels to this venue in the competition (W2, D8, L13).