Manchester City have won six of their last eight Premier League home games against Chelsea (L2), keeping a clean sheet in five of those victories. They will hope to continue with the fine run, live on SuperSport this Saturday at 7:30pm CAT.
- Chelsea have kept just one clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League meetings with Manchester City, with that coming via a 2-0 home win in December 2018 under Maurizio Sarri.
- Manchester City and Chelsea played out a 4-4 draw in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge – the most goals scored between these sides in a single Premier League campaign is nine in 2009-10, with the Citizens winning 2-1 (h) and 4-2 (a) that season.
- The 4-4 draw between Man City and Chelsea in the reverse fixture ended a run of 16 Premier League games without a draw between the sides. The last time both meetings ended level in a season was in 2014-15.
- Manchester City have won their last six Premier League matches, having only won one of their previous six games (D4 L1). Four of those wins have come in 2024 – the only time they’ve won their first five Premier League games in a calendar year was in 2021 (won first 13 games).
- Manchester City haven’t lost any of their last 22 home Premier League matches (W18 D4), with only Liverpool on a longer unbeaten run at home (24). City are also on the longest scoring run on home soil in the competition, scoring in their last 44 games at the Etihad and netting 135 goals in these games.
- Should Chelsea score two goals in this game, it would be the first time a side managed by Pep Guardiola has conceded six league goals in a season against a single opponent; the previous most is currently five goals (eight different instances).
- Both Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer scored
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