Chelsea vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th January 2023
The Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge this coming Thursday sees Chelsea hosting opponents Manchester City. Winning 1-0 and 1-0 in the last two most matches against Chelsea, will have Manchester City looking forward to their upcoming away trip.
One spot behind the leader of the table, Manchester City have claimed 36 points after 16 rounds, while Chelsea have amassed 25 points and are now ranked as number eight in the Premier League standings.
Chelsea are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Manchester City but odds don't favour them to pull it off.
Chelsea scored 12 goals, conceded nine and fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Manchester City go into the next Premier League match with an average of 2.4 goals a game from their last ten matches. They scored an extremely presentable total of 24 goals, while also conceding ten times. This is a total average of one per game, in which they managed three clean sheets.
Chelsea vs Manchester City Prediction
Chelsea Form
Chelsea have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. Against Newcastle, they came out empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-0 win against Bournemouth. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest. Chelsea won four of their previous six Premier League games at the Stamford Bridge. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded four and scored ten goals.
Manchester City Form
Manchester City claimed seven points from their last nine available, as the won by 3-2 and 1-3 against Liverpool and Leeds, respectively. Last time out, Everton ended up stealing a point in a 1-1 draw. Manchester City won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding six.
Value hunters might think Chelsea is worth a shot, but in our view Manchester City are rightly favoured for the win. They contain enough quality to come home with a win from Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea have taken three points from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won zero of these matches with a scoreline of four goals to nine. Manchester City took three wins from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected ten points, scored 15 goals and conceded 11. Chelsea enjoy a record of seven wins, four draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City are looking at 11 wins, three draws and two defeats in the Premier League.
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Chelsea vs Manchester City Stats
- Chelsea have scored in 38 of the last 40 home matches
- In 20 of the last 21 Chelsea matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 10 Chelsea home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Chelsea have lost 4 of the last 5 matches without scoring a goal
- Chelsea have not lost 12 of the last 14 home matches
- Manchester City have not lost 24 of the last 26 matches
- Manchester City have not lost 13 of the last 15 away matches
- Manchester City have scored in the last 9 matches in a row
- In 4 of the last 5 Manchester City away matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Manchester City have won 7 of the last 9 matches
Chelsea vs Manchester City Team News
Chelsea are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match this coming Thursday.
Edouard Mendy, Armando Broja, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and N'Golo Kanté are missing from the squad, Chelsea will field against Manchester Cityon Thursday.
Manchester City are juggling with three absent players on on Thursday when travelling to Chelsea.
Aymeric Laporte, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.
Chelsea vs Manchester City H2H
The last time these two teams squared up, The Citizens ran out 1-0 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City have a good reading on Chelsea, as they won five of the last ten encounters. The latter sprung a surprise, though, by winning 1-0 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 2/3.
Chelsea vs Manchester City Results
In the last ten matches between Chelsea and Manchester City over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/5 with bookies.
Chelsea vs Manchester City Betting Tips
He banged in 21 goals so far this season, and Erling Braut Haaland also hammered in six goals in his last six games in this tournament. No doubt, he will be hungry for more, when travelling to face Chelsea.
Chelsea claimed six wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing two and losing two. Manchester City won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew five and lost one of these matches. Manchester City managed a thoroughly decent five clean sheets in their previous 10 away matches. Chelsea held on for a clean sheet in three of their last 10 home games.
Chelsea managed an average of 0.8 goals in the past ten encounters against Manchester City, who scored 1.7 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Manchester City, who managed to score 1.8 times in those matches.