THE BLOCKBUSTER
It was disappointment for Manchester City and, to a lesser extent, Chelsea on Wednesday night when the Premier League powerhouses failed to win their opening matches of the Champions League Group Stage.
Conceding late to Bayern Munich denied City a point while Jose Mourinho’s side had to settle for a 1-1 home draw with Bundesliga strugglers, Schalke.
Chelsea will enter the match as slight favourites, having taken all 12 points possible from their first four matches but last year’s champions, City, are sure to provide strong competition despite their 5 th place status.
A win on Sunday for Mourinho’s men could see them go as far as five points ahead.
This clash between man city and Chelsea is Chelsea’s 2,000th away league game since September 1905.
Match Facts:
• Chelsea has secured 100% record in the EPL this season, winning all 4 matches played since the beginning of the campaign.
• Manchester City have only lost one and drew one of their matches this season.
• Chelsea has scored a total of 15 goals in 4 games.
• Manchester city have scored 7 goals in 4 games which is equivalent to the number of goals scored by Diego Costa.
Head to Head:
Manchester city vs Chelsea FC
Games played: 135
MAN CITY : CHELSEA FC
Won 54:45
Drew 36:36
Lost 45:54
Goal scored: 179:198
Team form:
Chelsea WWWW
Man city WWLD.
Injury News:
Chelsea striker Diego Costa not fully fit to play. Mourinho in his post match conference said:
“Diego Costa is not in condition to play three matches in a week. He has problems when he plays one game, he needs a week to recover and now playing matches Tuesday and Wednesday he can’t do it.
PREMIER LEAGUE TOP SCORERS:
Diego Costa 7
Sergio kun Aguero (Man City) 3
Nacer Chadli (Tottenham) 3
Nathan Dyer (Swansea) 3
Steven Naismith (Everton) 3
Graziano pelle (Southampton) 3
Morgan Scheneiderlin(Southampton)3
Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester) 3
TOP SIX PREMIER LEAGUE SHOT ON TARGET:
Chelsea 30
Southampton 30
Arsenal 21
Man city 19
Man Utd 19
Swansea 19
TOP SIX PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESSFUL DRIBBLES:
Chelsea 62
Arsenal 54
Tottenham 51
Man Utd 44
Sunderland 40
Stoke 40
Predicted Lineup:
Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Fabregas, Willian, Hazard, Oscar, Costa.
Tell us how you feel about this match and What are your predictions for the game?
This is my team (chelseafc) predicted lineup against City on Sunday: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Ramires, Fabregas, Willian, Hazard and Costa.
true.. ramires should start
Schurrle in Willian out
come on costa
best predition i’m satisfied, but how is diago costa condition this match?
He’s fit to play and beside Mourinho said whenever he plays a game he’ll surely have a problem i.e hamstring injury. That’s why he was on bench for the schalke match.
but am sure he’ll lead us upfront against man city.
chealse 3- city 1
I think this is z game not want to give a point to our 1st title contender & expecting City wl play agressively following 5 points dropped & playing in their home, Mour wl line up more defencive team. I expect z line up: Courtois, Iva, Cahill, Terry, Azep, Ramires, Mikeal, Matic, Fab, Haz, Costa. We wl play a counter attack using fast players in z 2nd half. Since Mour know City wl play attacking football and more space behind their defence, I hope fast attacker like Schurrle has to play and kill z game.
The game between man city and Chelsea will end 2/1 with Chelsea carrying the day.
Man city 2 – 0 chelsea
Chelsea vs Burnley Costa;1
Chelsea vs Everton Costa;2
Chelsea vs Swansea Costa; 3
Chelsea vs Manchester City Costa ;?
4. Lol
Oscar Out Ramirez IN.
if say costa will not play we can use luic remy he is good to play agains them. i love the blue mai chelsae da kewayenta
I think chelsea should start with Ramires instead of Oscar. I think Ramirez is stronger than Oscar and tomorrow’s match recquire a lot of physic.
chelseafc should start ramires
willian killed almost all our counter attackn moves in d 1st half wit his slopy passin.rami is alwaz runnin witout passin acuracy.i wil alwaz put schurl ahead of willian.also i wil lik 2 see mikel,remy & cech start d league cup match so we can see wat dey’v got 2 offer.over al we did okay.ktbffh.