Manchester City and Chelsea will lock horns this Saturday afternoon at the Etihad Stadium.
For Man City, they’re in fantastic form right now and it looks ominous for their title rivals in the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won 11 straight matches across all competitions, including six in the league.
As for Chelsea, the ongoing issue of inconsistency continues to plague their season. It’s why they’re mid-table in the division table.
The Blues have two wins and two defeats in their last four games, so you never really know what you’ll get from them.
Paul Merson has predicted a five-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium between Man City and Chelsea, with the hosts coming out on top.
Merson told Sportskeeda: “What Chelsea are turning up? If someone knows, let me know and I’ll predict this one accordingly. They are so hard to predict! Mauricio Pochettino’s side will give everything and scored two late goals to get a smash-and-grab win against Palace. They were horrible in the first half but slowly grew into the game after the interval and that game typifies their season.
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“They have enough to hurt City, but the home side are just on another level, especially at this stage of the season. They are coming on the back of a 3-1 away win against Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League and could even afford to rest a few players for the return leg, so Pep Guardiola’s complete focus will be on this game.
“It’ll be an entertaining game played at a nice level, but I think City will come out on top.
“Prediction: Manchester City 3-2 Chelsea.”
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Chelsea should travel with some confidence in their goalscoring threat right now, netting eight times in their previous three matches.
Blues midfielder Conor Gallagher has rediscovered his shooting boots lately with three goals in two games. Speaking via ESPN recently, Mario Melchiot said Gallagher is a player who drives this Chelsea team.
Meanwhile, Cole Palmer continues his rich vein of form. He’ll surely be excited by the prospect of returning to Man City for the first time since he left them in the summer.
It would be great for Chelsea’s confidence to get a positive result because it’s their lat match before the League Cup final versus Liverpool.
