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.