Chelsea v Man City

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26 Sep 2017
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Chelsea are missing David Luiz (suspension) and Danny Drinkwater (calf).

Manchester City have ruled out Sergio Aguero, who will be assessed in the coming weeks following a car accident in Amsterdam.

Benjamin Mendy (knee) is undergoing surgery and is expected to be out until April. Vincent Kompany (calf) is still not available.

Did you know?

Chelsea have lost only one of their last seven Premier League matches against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge (W4 D2), and are the only team do a PL double over Pep Guardiola's Man City.

Only Newcastle United (22 in 1994/95) and Manchester United (22 in 2011/12) have scored more goals at this stage of a PL season than Man City's 21, but neither went on to win the title.

Only Robin van Persie (six) has scored more Premier League goals at Stamford Bridge as an away player than the five of Sergio Aguero, who is one short of Van Persie's record of scoring in nine away PL starts in a row.

Alvaro Morata has scored six goals in his first six PL appearances. The highest goalscorer in their first seven appearances as a Premier League player is Mick Quinn (10) followed by Diego Costa (nine).

What the managers say 

Antonio Conte: "Manchester City have started very well, they are in a great moment and they have a lot of confidence. For sure we have to pay great attention."

See: Conte offers best wishes to Aguero

Pep Guardiola: "The first impression we have is [Sergio] has broken the rib. Exactly how many days he will have off, I don't know right now."

See: Latest on Aguero

Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants:
 Lee Betts, Stephen Child
Fourth official:
 Andre Marriner

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