Man City face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 61 games played, Sky Blues have recorded 13 wins, and Chelsea have come away with 29 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2003, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Man City | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Man City | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Chelsea | 5 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Man City | 0 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
2000/2001 | Sat 19 May | Man City | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
2000/2001 | Sun 03 Dec | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Blues, with 1 goals against.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Man City are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Sky Blues have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 64 points from the 25 games played. Man City's 32 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
Man City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sky Blues are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 28 home games. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
Man City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |