Manchester City take on the visitors Chelsea in the round 23 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, January 25th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
Manchester City are trying to find a way to fully emerge from their slump. The Citizens won the Treble in 2023. In terms of the number of trophies, the following season was also successful: the Englishmen added the UEFA Super Cup and victory in the Club World Cup to their collection. But this, even in combination with holding the title in the Premier League, does not fully compensate for the disappointing exit from the Champions League, where the owner of the "Eared" lost on penalties to the future winner, Real Madrid. But now those problems do not seem serious, against the backdrop of the terrible end of 2024, with one win in 13 matches. And after, it seemed, returning to the path of victories, they missed out on success with Brentford, leading 2-0 at the 82nd minute. The transfer activity is not surprising. So far, the usual lineup with Ipswich has made a 6-0 rout. But then in the Champions League with PSG, having scored twice at first, they eventually lost 2-4, leaving their progress to the playoffs in question - now they need success with Brugge next week.
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Chelsea have not really achieved anything significant after the change of owners. Moreover, in 2022/2023 there was a failure, and then, with Pochettino, they only managed to rise to 6th place - they clearly expected more. The current coach, Maresca, seemed to have started with a few bumps and bruises, and had an almost optimal autumn. Mudrik and other substitutes not only performed at a high level in the Conference League, but also showed a 100% result there (all 6 matches of the main round brought victories). In the Premier League, even Palmer, who was not declared for the European Cups, shone, and in general, the "Blues" deservedly became 2nd in the current table ... And in the middle of winter, suddenly, they only won in the cup with Morecambe, otherwise taking only draws at most - and they are already outside the top quartet. At least they managed to get a confident 3-1 with Wolverhampton.
In 2021, the Blues sensationally won the Champions League final. But then there were only a couple of draws and already 8 defeats, including in August last year. Both teams are more dangerous in attack than good in defense. We are waiting for the final "total over 3.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 3.5 scored goals.
