Chelsea take on the visitors Manchester City in the round 19 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Thursday, January 5th at Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea parted ways with Thomas Tuchel pretty quickly at the start of this season. On the international stage his successor, Potter, managed to turn things around. At the same time, after a series of successes, a new decline began in the domestic arena. As a result, the giant left for a break, having taken off from the League Cup, and at the same time rolled back outside the European Cup zone in the Premier League. But at Christmas, albeit belatedly, Chelsea were able to congratulate their fans with a landslide victory: a goal and an assist from Havertz brought Bournemouth 2-0. However, already with another newcomer, “Nottingham Forest”, there was only a draw, and the “foresters”, having conceded first, took the final 1-1. It is not surprising that in London they are actively behaving in the transfer market - Badiashile and Enzo Fernandez have already been signed. However, for the time being, you will obviously have to do without them.
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Now Guardiola has a powerful trump card, in the form of a summer newcomer, Haaland. Erling also scores a lot in the domestic arena, but there were enough misfires in the period from August to November. This, combined with the powerful statistics of Arsenal, resulted in the fact that we had to enter the winter with a 5-point gap from the Gunners. Well, such an unusual status - "catching up" - will help tune in to a serious fight in domestic tournaments. First, City were finally able, after 5 setbacks, to beat Liverpool 3-2 in the League Cup. Then they calmly dealt with Leeds, already in the Premier League format ... But then the favorite again stepped on the usual rake, limiting himself to only 1-1 with the modest Everton.
After the aforementioned victory in the Champions League final, Chelsea can't show anything against City. The Citizens won 1-0 in both matches last season in the Premier League, and in November, already under Potter, they knocked out the Blues 2-0 in the League Cup. It is unlikely that the “citizens” will lose points in the 2nd round in a row, especially since the opponent could not correct all his mistakes. We recommend betting that visitors from Manchester will win this match.
Prediction for the match: Manchester City to win.
