Manchester City vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th January 2026

When Chelsea come to Etihad Stadium for the Premier League match this coming Sunday, Manchester City will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

The Citizens are chasing the first place in the Premier League after collecting 41 points from their initial 19 encounters. Chelsea trail them on 30 points after 19 rounds, sitting as number 5 in the table.

Manchester City came away with three points from the latest encounter with Chelsea. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Sunday.

There are no shortage of goals, when The Sky Blues enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.6 goals per game. An excellent total of 26 goals scored, while allowing ten goals against. The latter makes an average of one conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to five clean sheets.

The Blues scored 15 goals, conceded ten and managed five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Chelsea, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 3-1 score.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them get two wins and a draw. They ran out 3-0 and 1-2 against West Ham and Nottingham Forest respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Sunderland as the game finished level. The exact score was 0-0. Manchester City have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent Premier League matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring 17 while conceding three goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the Premier League across the last six games.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Newcastle, they gained a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Aston Villa, who ran out 1-2 winners. Lately, they finished even in a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth. Chelsea won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored nine while also conceding five times.

Manchester City are well up for the task of building on their current momentum, and we expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Etihad Stadium against visitors Chelsea.

Manchester City have taken 20 points from their last nine games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won six of these matches with a scoreline of 16 goals to two. In the last four games against teams in the top six, Chelsea claimed one wins and four points. They scored five and conceded six goals. Manchester City are looking at a record of 13 wins, two draws and four defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea enjoy a record of eight wins, six draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Pep Guardiola, will select the lineup against Chelsea from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/16), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/5), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/15), Nathan Ake (0/9), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/5), Rico Lewis (0/8), Ruben Dias (2/19), Bernardo Silva (0/19), Jeremy Doku (1/16), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/17), Nico Gonzalez (1/18), Nico O'Reilly (1/18), Oscar Bobb (0/9), Phil Foden (7/17), Rayan Cherki (2/14), Rodri (0/7), Savinho (0/15), Tijjani Reijnders (4/18), Divine Mukasa (0/1), Erling Haaland (19/19), Omar Marmoush (0/10).

Chelsea Squad

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/19), Axel Disasi (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/5), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/4), Josh Acheampong (1/6), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (2/17), Marc Cucurella (0/18), Reece James (2/18), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/9), Trevoh Chalobah (3/18), Wesley Fofana (0/10), Andrey Santos (0/13), Cole Palmer (3/9), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (5/18), Facundo Buonanotte (0/1), Jamie Gittens (0/14), Moises Caicedo (3/15), Romeo Lavia (0/4), Tyrique George (0/4), Alejandro Garnacho (1/13), Estevao (1/16), Joao Pedro (6/19), Liam Delap (0/10), Marc Guiu (0/9), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Pedro Neto (5/19), Raheem Sterling (0/0), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Manchester City vs Chelsea Team News

Manchester City seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb nurses various injuries and won't take part for Manchester City against Chelsea at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Lineups

Manchester City vs Chelsea H2H

Manchester City go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 3-1 the last two times they played Chelsea. Manchester City enjoy a good 7-2-1 advantage against Chelsea, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/13.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Results

In the past ten matches between home side Manchester City and Chelsea both teams found the back of the net five times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 8/15.

Manchester City vs Chelsea Betting Tips

Scoring 19 goals during a Premier League campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Erling Haaland is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Erling Haaland to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Manchester City claimed nine wins in their previous 10 matches at Etihad Stadium across all tournaments. They lost one as well, while visitors Chelsea won five of their last 10 away matches. They drew three and lost two. Manchester City managed to open the scoring in no less than nine of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Chelsea have been equally ready from the first whistle, scoring the opener in seven of their last 10 away games.

Under 2.5 goals happened four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Manchester City managed an average of 1.8 goals, with Chelsea averaging 0.9 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Chelsea, who scored 1.6 times on average in these matches.