Comments and predictions for Chelsea vs Man City: Tormenting the home team
The match between Chelsea vs Man City in the Premier League takes place at 11:30 p.m. on August 18. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Manchester City open their Premier League title defence on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. The two teams last met 15 days ago in a friendly in the US, where City won 4-2 thanks to a hat-trick from Erling Haaland, last season's top scorer.
Latest Chelsea vs Man City squad information
Chelsea will be without captain Reece James, who is suspended due to a hamstring injury, so Malo Gusto will start at right-back. Robert Sanchez will start in place of Filip Jorgensen, with Wesley Fofana and Levi Colwill in central defence.
Romeo Lavia could make his Premier League debut after injury, joining Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. Conor Gallagher may miss out due to interest from Atletico Madrid. Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto and Marc Guiu are all competing for places up front.
For Man City, Oscar Bobb will be out for 3-4 months with a broken fibula, and Rodri is absent with a hamstring injury. Phil Foden, Kyle Walker, and John Stones may also be absent. Mateo Kovacic will replace Rodri in the defensive midfield position, with support from Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva, or Kevin De Bruyne.
New signing Savinho could make his debut at right midfield, with Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish vying for the left-wing spot, with Erling Haaland slotting in as a centre-forward.
Latest expected lineup for Chelsea vs Man City
Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, W. Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Lavia, Caicedo; Neto, Nkunku, Palmer
Manchester City: Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Bernardo, Kovacic; Savinho, De Bruyne, Doku; Haaland
Latest Chelsea vs Man City match review
Despite finishing sixth last season and returning to European competition after a five-game winning streak at the end of the season, Mauricio Pochettino was sacked by Chelsea after 10 months in charge. Enzo Maresca was Chelsea's fourth manager under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, and he had a poor summer, winning just one of his six pre-season friendlies.
Maresca, who helped Leicester City win the Championship, faces a big test in Chelsea's Premier League opener against Man City. The Blues have picked up more points than any other team in recent opening games of the season.
Man City, who won their fourth consecutive Premier League title last season, have been in fine form this season, despite not having the best pre-season. They have just won the Community Shield and are unbeaten in four visits to Stamford Bridge.
Rodri's absence may affect Man City, but they are still a strong team and are expected to create many scoring chances against a weak Chelsea defense.
Chelsea vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Chelsea vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Chelsea 1-3 Man City
- WhoScore:Chelsea 0-1 Man City
- Our newspaper predicts:Chelsea 0-2 Man City
When and where to watch Chelsea vs Man City live?
To watch the Chelsea vs Man City match live in the Premier League taking place at 11:30 p.m. on August 18, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
