Preview: Chelsea v Man City

History favours hosts when Chelsea meet Man City

30 Dec 2020
Frank Lampard and Pep Guardiola
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Team news

Reece James (hamstring) is ruled out for Chelsea, but Hakim Ziyech could come back into contention after returning to training this week.

Manchester City will be without five players, but Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus (both ill) are the only known absentees.

Did you know?

None of the last 10 Premier League meetings between Chelsea and Man City have finished level, with the home side winning each of the last five.

Chelsea have won their last two PL home matches against Man City, last winning more consecutively against them at Stamford Bridge between 2006 and 2009, with four wins.

Man City have only failed to score in one of their last 12 PL meetings with Chelsea, in December 2018, while they have kept five clean sheets in this run.

Kevin De Bruyne scored home and away against Chelsea last season. The last Man City player to net in three consecutive PL matches against the Blues was Carlos Tevez between 2009 and 2010.

Match officials

Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn. Fourth official: Peter Bankes. VAR: Mike Dean. Assistant VAR: Darren Cann.

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