{"id":321597,"date":"2011-03-19T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/chelsea-manchester-city-preview-citizens-looking-for-a-fourth-consecutive-premier-league-victory-over-blues\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T08:39:00","slug":"chelsea-manchester-city-preview-citizens-looking-for-a-fourth-consecutive-premier-league-victory-over-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/chelsea-manchester-city-preview-citizens-looking-for-a-fourth-consecutive-premier-league-victory-over-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8211; Manchester City Preview: Citizens looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League victory over Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.2838181818\">\n<div readability=\"17.1940298507\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roberto Mancini - Manchester City &#038; Carlo Ancelotti - Chelsea (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d9b3da04112002_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roberto Mancini &#8211; Manchester City &#038; Carlo Ancelotti &#8211; Chelsea (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"20.6703296703\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea<\/strong> lost only twice in their first 24 Premier League meetings against Manchester City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The two teams in question have locked horns 131 times in the league, so the upcoming game will be the 132nd league clash between them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the 65 home games in the league at the west London club, the hosts have won 32, drawn 20 and lost 13 matches against these opponents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And during this time, the Blues have scored 111 goals against City, while conceding 71 in the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s charges have conceded only 24 goals this season, which is the fewest number of goals shipped in by any side in the top-flight. But City (25) have let in only one more than their opponents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In recent times, <strong>Manchester City<\/strong> have managed to get the better of their opponents, winning the last three Premier League meetings between the two teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Eastlands outfit have not been able to put together two consecutive victories in the league this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Roberto Mancini\u2019s men have also had trouble on their travels of late, as they have won only one of their last five matches away from home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A defeat at Stamford Bridge would see Mancini\u2019s men slip to fourth place, having played a game more than fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. Should Spurs beat West Ham United on Saturday and City lose on Sunday, it would see Harry Redknapp\u2019s men come within two points of fourth place with a game in hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>City skipper Carlos Tevez has an excellent record against Chelsea, as the Argentine has hit the back of the net on six occasions in his last five appearances against the London-based club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/strong><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/86fa4737110547hp2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>September 25, 2010: Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in September, Chelsea were in cruise control as they had begun the season on a stellar note. But their trip to Eastlands proved to be tricky, as they were up against a resolute and well organised defence that stifled the opponents&#8217; strike force.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men hit home just shy of the hour mark, when skipper Carlos Tevez ran half the length of the pitch to coolly put the ball past goalkeeper Petr Cech.<\/p>\n<p>That was the only goal scored during the game, but one that handed the Eastlands outfit all three points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/div>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/19\/2401612\/chelsea-manchester-city-preview-citizens-looking-for-a\" title=\"Chelsea - Manchester City Preview: Citizens looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League victory over Blues\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea &#8211; Manchester City Preview: Citizens looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League victory over Blues<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth Roberto Mancini &#8211; Manchester City &#038; Carlo Ancelotti &#8211; Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Chelsea lost only twice in their first 24 Premier League meetings against Manchester City. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea - Manchester City Preview: Citizens looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League victory over Blues - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/chelsea-manchester-city-preview-citizens-looking-for-a-fourth-consecutive-premier-league-victory-over-blues\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea - Manchester City Preview: Citizens looking for a fourth consecutive Premier League victory over Blues - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth Roberto Mancini - Manchester City &amp; 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