{"id":152539,"date":"2024-02-16T15:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/16\/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-predictions-defending-champions-to-press-on\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:47:50","slug":"manchester-city-vs-chelsea-predictions-defending-champions-to-press-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/16\/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-predictions-defending-champions-to-press-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City vs Chelsea predictions: Defending champions to press on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea face a daunting task on Saturday when they make the trip to the Etihad Stadium to face a Manchester City side in rampant form.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues had to come from behind to beat struggling Crystal Palace 3-1 on Monday evening and they will need a big improvement if they are going to get a positive result in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>City have been in a destructive mood of late, sweeping all that have come before them in the last 11 matches, and another three points can be added to their tally.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team news<\/h2>\n<p>Jack Grealish suffered a muscular injury in midweek and has been ruled out of this clash, while Bernardo Silva is a major doubt after taking a big knock on his ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Josko Gvardiol remains sidelined with an ankle ligament issue, but Mateo Kovacic could be back in contention after overcoming an unspecified problem.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have a lengthy injury list that includes Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu and Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n<p>Thiago Silva came off against Palace with a groin issue and will need to be assessed, but Malo Gusto should be fine for Saturday despite coming off late on at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The stats<\/h2>\n<p>City are unbeaten in their 15 matches at the Etihad Stadium this season, winning 12 and drawing three.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their last home defeat in the league came against Brentford in November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side have scored 43 goals across those 15 fixtures in Manchester, but they have not been watertight at the back and have conceded in seven of their 11 top-flight assignments at home.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have tasted defeat five times from their last seven away outings in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have failed to score in only two of their 12 road outings in the league and they head into this contest on the back of successive 3-1 victories over Aston Villa and Palace.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e29cb3bb-55bb-49c4-b90a-2f3695c63a34.jpg\" alt=\"It remains to be seen whether Mauricio Pochettino knows his best Chelsea XI right now\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It remains to be seen whether Mauricio Pochettino knows his best Chelsea XI right now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>City look to be unstoppable right now and they are unlikely to come unstuck against a Chelsea side that are still failing to click on a consistent basis under Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne&#8217;s return from injury has come at the perfect time for the Citizens, adding another creative outlet to a squad that is already brimming with attacking talent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Blues winning back-to-back matches heading into this fixture, it still feels like Pochettino does not know what his best XI is and the potential absence of Silva at the back is a massive blow.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea should be able to get on the scoresheet, but that is as good as it will get for them against a City outfit that are in red-hot form.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LiveScore: Live Sport Updates<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea face a daunting task on Saturday when they make the trip to the Etihad Stadium to face a Manchester City side in rampant form. The Blues had to come from behind to beat struggling Crystal Palace 3-1 on Monday evening and they will need a big improvement if they are going to get a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City vs Chelsea predictions: Defending champions to press on - 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\/2024\/02\/16\/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-predictions-defending-champions-to-press-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester City vs Chelsea predictions: Defending champions to press on - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea face a daunting task on Saturday when they make the trip to the Etihad Stadium to face a Manchester City side in rampant form. 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