2018-19 Premier League - Manchester City Vs Chelsea Sunday Feb 10,2019
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- This
will be the third meeting this season, and they will also face each
other in the League Cup final on 24 February. City won 2-0 in August's
Community Shield, while Chelsea were 2-0 victors in December's reverse
league fixture
- Manchester City have lost 25 Premier League matches versus Chelsea, more than against any other opponent.
- Chelsea are the only side to win more than two top-flight fixtures against a team managed by Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City
- City have the division's best home record this season, with 12 wins from 13 games.
- They
could become the first club to score multiple goals in 15 consecutive
top-flight home fixtures since Tottenham had a run of 16 in a row from
March to December 1965.
- Pep Guardiola's side have scored 27 goals in their past five games at the Etihad Stadium in all competitions.
- Manchester City have dropped 16 points this season, two more than in the whole of 2017-18.
- Three of their four league defeats this season came after they scored the opening goal.
- Sergio Aguero has 22 goals in his 15 most recent Premier League starts at home, scoring in each of the last six.
Chelsea
- The
Blues could equal the club Premier League record of failing to score in
three consecutive away fixtures, set from December 1992 to January 1993
and matched in April 2002.
- They could lose four successive
away matches in all competitions for the first time since a run of five
in a row from January to March last year.
- Their most recent away goal was N'Golo Kante's 51st-minute winner at Crystal Palace on 30 December - 309 minutes ago.
- Chelsea are winless in six Premier League away fixtures against
- established top-six rivals, losing each of the last four.
- Gonzalo Higuain has scored 38 goals in 37 league appearances under Maurizio Sarri.
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