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Chelsea face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 69 games played, Blues have recorded 24 wins, and Man. City have come away with 29 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 15 Mar | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Sep | Man. City | 1 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | Man. City | 0 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 27 Oct | Chelsea | 6 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 14 Mar | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 20 Aug | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Sky Blues, with 8 goals against.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Blues pummel 14 goals, and let in 7.
Man. City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 22 points from their 13 games so far. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 36 points from the 14 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blues's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Man. City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | Unbeaten in the last 13 home games. Unbeaten run of 11 matches. |
| Chelsea | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 11 games since last defeat. |