2024-02-17 17:46:23
Possession of the ball is for…
Manchester City (58% against 42% for Chelsea).
Manchester City’s reaction
The Mancunians get a corner, thanks to De Bruyne.
Chelsea are on fire!
Chelsea go on the counter. Jackson cannot control this ball well in the area. He manages to hit, despite everything, from the right, but Ederson catches the ball, in two steps. Chelsea are gaining momentum!
Chelsea stopped
On the left, Chilwell saw the flag being raised. He was offside.
Chelsea are in a good period
On the right, Gusto is sought by Palmer. This ball is deflected into touch. Chelsea keep the ball.
Ederson takes risks
On the left, in his area, Ederson has the ball stolen by Jackson. Chelsea remain dangerous, and Aké then throws himself to keep the ball away from Gallagher for a corner!
Rodri mis en échec
As a continuation of this action, Rodri, from afar, takes his chance, from the right, but he is countered by Fernandez.
Gusto gets countered
On the right, Gusto is blocked on his center. Behind, Manchester City goes on the attack, with a boulevard in the Gusto corridor.
Chelsea’s response
Chelsea then go on the counterattack, notably with Sterling, on the left side. The winger cuts back into the axis, before firing a right-footed shot, low to the ground, at the entrance to the area. It’s too soft to worry Ederson, who lies down on the ball.
Haaland is going very high!
On the left, a cross arrives in the area. On the head of Haaland, who jumps very high and looks for the top corner, but his ball misses!
Petrovic s’en sort
After this free kick, Alvarez, from afar, hits with the right, but Fernandez counters it. Then, in his area, Petrovic is hampered by Akanji, before being able to grab the ball, on a header from Dias.
Manchester City will bring danger
With a free kick obtained, off-center to the left.
Danger in the Manchester City box
Served on the right, in the area, Gallagher crosses in front of the goal, but he falls directly on an opponent, who can clear.
Manchester City a le ballon
The Skyblues have their foot on the ball, but have no solution, for the moment, under the opposing pressure.
Jackson stopped
The flag goes up because the attacker was in an offside position.
Already a strike for Manchester City
At the entrance to the area, on the left, Alvarez hits with his right without control. His ball flies by.
Here we go for the first period!
The kick-off was given and Chelsea went ahead.
A match for Haaland?
Since the start of this Premier League season, the top scorer for Manchester City, and the English championship, is Norwegian striker Erling Haaland (23 years old), author of sixteen goals but also five assists. On the Chelsea side, it is English midfielder Cole Palmer (21), with ten goals and six assists.
Chelsea, to gain places
For their part, Chelsea (ten wins, four draws, ten defeats) are eleventh (but tenth away) with 34 points, 41 goals scored and 40 goals conceded. A victory and the club would return to level with Newcastle, seventh.
Manchester City, to stay in touch
In the Premier League standings, with a game in hand, Manchester City (sixteen wins, four draws, three defeats) is third (but fourth at home) with 52 points, the third best attack (56 goals scored) and third best defense (25 goals conceded). A victory and the club would return to level with second-placed Arsenal.
Chelsea, to continue to have a taste for travel
To see traces of Chelsea’s last away defeat, we have to go back even further. And more precisely on January 31, in the Premier League, on the pitch at Liverpool (4-1). Since then, on the road, the club has managed two victories in all competitions.
Chelsea, a dynamic to begin
Chelsea are currently on a two-game winning streak in all competitions. Since his last defeat, on February 4, in the Premier League, against Wolves (2-4).
Manchester City and its impregnable lair
This season, at home, Manchester City are undefeated. In fifteen matches already played, in its den and in all competitions, the club has a record of twelve victories and also three draws.
Manchester City, a spectacular series to continue
Manchester City has not lost a single match since December 6, during the 15th day of the Premier League, on the lawn of Aston Villa (1-0). Since then, in all competitions, the club has remained in a draw but also and above all thirteen victories including eleven in its last eleven outings.
Towards a spectacular new match?
The last confrontation between the two teams dates back to November 12. During the first leg, Chelsea and Manchester City shared a draw (4-4)with goals from Brazilian defender Thiago Silva (29th), English striker Raheem Sterling (37th), Senegalese striker Nicolas Jackson (67th) and English midfielder Cole Palmer from the penalty spot (90th+5) d on one side, against a double from Norwegian striker Erling Haaland (25th sp, 47th) and goals from Swiss defender Manuel Akanji (45th + 1) and Spanish midfielder Rodri (86th) on the other.
Sterling and Colwill holders… Chelsea’s line-up
Compared to the last outing, on Monday, on the pitch of Crystal Palace (1-3), as part of the 24th day of the Premier League, Mauricio Pochettino makes two changes to his starting XI. Brazilian defender Thiago Silva (39), injured, and English striker Noni Madueke (21), replacement, are replaced by English defender Levi Colwill (20) and English striker Raheem Sterling (29).
A 4-2-3-1 system: Petrovic – Gusto, Disasi, Colwill, Chilwell (c) – Caicedo, Fernandez – Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling – Jackson.
Substitutes: Bettinelli (g), Chalobah, Gilchrist, Samuels-Smith, Mudryk, Casadei, Harrison, Madueke, Nkunku.
Absent: Badiashile, Chukwuemeka, Cucurella, Flying, James, Lavia, Silva and Ugochukwu.
Guardiola makes three changes… Manchester City’s line-up
Compared to the last match, this Tuesday, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League on the pitch of FC Copenhagen (1-3), Pep Guardiola makes three changes to his starting XI. English defender John Stones (29 years old), Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva (29 years old), both on the bench, and injured English midfielder Jack Grealish (28 years old), are replaced by the Swiss defender Manuel Akanji (28 years old), Argentine striker Julian Alvarez (24 years old) and Belgian striker Jeremy Doku (21 years old).
A 4-1-4-1 system: Ederson – Walker (c), Dias, Aké, Akanji – Rodri – Foden, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Doku – Haaland.
Substitutes: Ortega (g), Stones, Lewis, Kovacic, Silva, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Susoho.
Absent: Grealish and Guardiol.
Andrew Madley au sifflet
At the Emirates Stadium in Manchester, the match referee will be Andrew Madley.
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