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Chelsea face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Wednesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 63 games played, Blues have recorded 18 wins, and Man City have come away with 29 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2004, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 06 Feb | Chelsea | 0 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Man City | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Man City | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Chelsea | 5 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Man City | 0 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 May | Man City | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Sky Blues, with 4 goals against.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 3 have been let in at the wrong end.
Man City's 27 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 49 points from the 18 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Man City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Chelsea | 3 successive away victories. 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |