Manchester City vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th February 2024

Bookmakers favour The Citizens to win against The Blues in their next Premier League match. This takes place this coming Saturday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Chelsea will put up a fight at the Etihad Stadium, though.

Manchester City approach the next Premier League round as number two in the table, having claimed 52 points this season so far. With 23 games behind them, The Blues amassed 34 points, placing them as number 10 before their next fixture.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Saturday as both Manchester City and The Blues are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

The Sky Blues scored 23 goals, conceded 12, and pulled off two clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Chelsea scored 16 times in their previous ten matches, an average of 1.6 per game. They also conceded 18 goals for an average of 1.8 a game, pulling off two clean sheets in these.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 4-4 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday?

Manchester City vs Chelsea Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 1-3 win against Brentford. They went on to beat Everton by 2-0, before also getting the better of FC Copenhagen in a 1-3 victory. Manchester City won three of their previous six matches at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League. They drew three as well, but suffered no defeats, scoring 13 goals to seven against.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Wolverhampton, they were left empty-handed in a 2-4 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Aston Villa in a 1-3 win. They followed that up with a 1-3 win against Crystal Palace in their most recent outing. Chelsea, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the Premier League.

Both Manchester City and Chelsea have been scoring freely over the past weeks, and we anticipate a very entertaining match. They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other.

Manchester City won five matches, scored 20 goals and conceded 14 in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 18 points. Chelsea fought their way to one win and six points from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 13 times in these matches, but also let in 15 goals. Manchester City have a record of 16 wins, four draws and three defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea so far pulled off ten wins, four draws and ten defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Squads

Manchester City Squad

Pep Guardiola will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Chelsea from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Ederson (0/22), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/2), John Stones (0/10), Josko Gvardiol (0/18), Kyle Walker (0/22), Manuel Akanji (2/16), Max Alleyne (0/0), Nathan Ake (2/19), Rico Lewis (1/10), Ruben Dias (0/19), Sergio Gomez (0/3), Bernardo Silva (6/19), Jack Grealish (3/14), Kevin De Bruyne (1/5), Mahamadou Susoho (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/17), Matheus Nunes (0/12), Micah Hamilton (0/0), Phil Foden (8/23), Rodri (5/20), Erling Haaland (16/18), Jeremy Doku (2/15), Julian Alvarez (8/23), Oscar Bobb (1/7).

Chelsea Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Chelsea players that the manager Mauricio Pochettino will choose from for the upcoming game:

Djordje Petrovic (0/9), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/16), Alfie Gilchrist (0/5), Axel Disasi (1/22), Ben Chilwell (0/10), Benoit Badiashile (0/8), Levi Colwill (1/21), Malang Sarr (0/0), Malo Gusto (0/17), Marc Cucurella (0/9), Reece James (0/8), Thiago Silva (2/23), Trevoh Chalobah (0/0), Wesley Fofana (0/0), Carney Chukwuemeka (1/5), Cesare Casadei (0/1), Cole Palmer (10/21), Conor Gallagher (2/23), Deivid de Souza (0/1), Enzo Fernandez (3/21), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/10), Moises Caicedo (0/21), Mykhaylo Mudryk (3/19), Noni Madueke (2/12), Romeo Lavia (0/1), Christopher Nkunku (2/6), Diego Moreira (0/0), Nicolas Jackson (7/21), Raheem Sterling (5/22).

Manchester City vs Chelsea Team News

Manchester City might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Chelsea.

Due to various ailments Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Jack Grealish will be absent from the squad, Manchester City are able to field against Chelsea this coming Saturday.

Chelsea could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atEtihad Stadium

Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Reece James and Wesley Fofana all face a spell on the sidelines for Chelsea due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Lineups

Manchester City vs Chelsea H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Manchester City played against Chelsea. It finished 4-4 in a great Premier League match between the pair. The Sky Blues will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Chelsea. They are enjoying a good 7-1-2 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/3.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Results

In the last ten matches between Manchester City and Chelsea, both teams to score came up five times.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Betting Tips

It is difficult to look past Cole Palmer, when searching for a goalscorer, as he is seems in wonderful shape. He hit the target four times in recent Premier League matches for Chelsea, with a total for the season saying ten goals scored in this Premier League campaign. With four goals lately for The Sky Blues in the Premier League, Phil Foden is also a player to look out for.

Manchester City are undefeated in the previous 10 matches at Etihad Stadium, winning seven along the way while drawing three. Chelsea won four of their previous 10 games away from home across all tournaments, in which they drew zero and lost six. Chelsea managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played away from home. Meanwhile, Manchester City were first on target in eight of their last 10 outings on home soil.

Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Manchester City and Chelsea. More than two goals came out six times, as Manchester City scored 2.1 goals on average, with Chelsea pulling off one goal on average. In Manchester City's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in seven of them. They managed to average 2.9 goals goals per match across all tournaments. In the last ten games for Chelsea, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.3 times goals per game themselves.