In this week 17 match on Jan 3rd, Chelsea will host Manchester City in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. 6th placed Chelsea is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Olivier Giroud struck first for Chelsea in the 34th minute on a feed from Ben Chilwell, then Anwar El Ghazi tied it up for Aston Villa in the 50th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Aston Villa. Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester City sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Newcastle United. İlkay Gündoğan scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 14th minute, then Ferrán Torres added another in the 55th minute In the end, Newcastle United was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Raheem Sterling and Ferrán Torres have been the hottest scorers for Manchester City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Tammy Abraham has been the most effective weapon for Chelsea lately. The English attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches
Hakim Ziyech, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi are unavailable to play for Chelsea, while Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Agüero, Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker, Ederson Moraes, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Nathan Aké and Eric García are unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team.