BOYLE Sports Blog | Man City vs Chelsea Prediction, Betting Tips &…

Chelsea begin life after Enzo Maresca with a daunting trip to the Italian’s old employers Manchester City.

Maresca and the Blues parted company on New Year’s Day after a run of just two wins in nine matches in all competitions.

That left the big-spending Blues 13th in the Champions League standings – the lowest-ranked English club – and fifth in the Premier League .

City have not lost to Chelsea in over five years and we expect them to continue that run, with our prediction being a home win with BTTS @ 15/8 .

Manchester City vs Chelsea Betting Odds – Premier League

Result	Odds	Chance
Man City	4/9	69.2%
Chelsea	9/2	18.2%
Draw	7/2	22.2%

*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.

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How to Watch Manchester City vs Chelsea

The match is scheduled to begin at 5.30pm and will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event .

Manchester City Form Guide

City will be desperate to avoid falling any further behind Arsenal after Thursday’s goalless draw at Sunderland left them four points adrift of the pacesetters.

The Stadium of Light stalemate ended City ’s eight-match winning run in all competitions, but history suggests they could immediately get back on track against Chelsea in Sunday's tea-time kick-off.

Pep Guardiola ’s side have racked up nine wins in 11 meetings against the Blues since the Londoners last beat them back in 2021 and you can get odds of 7/5 for City to be winning at half-time and full-time this weekend.

Man City to win both halves @ 7/5

On the goalscoring front, Erling Haaland – who struck in both of last season's wins – is 4/7 to net at any time but for those looking for longer odds then Tijjani Reijnders is 11/1 to open the scoring. The Dutchman has scored twice in City ’s last three games.

Chelsea Form Guide

Tuesday’s 2-2 home draw with Bournemouth proved to be the final nail in Maresca ’s coffin but the issues go back much further than that.

Chelsea have only won 50% of their 28 games in all competitions this season and supporters have shown their discontent on more than one occasion. Maresca ’s relationship with his bosses has also come under the microscope.

As such, Under-21 coach Calum McFarlane appears set to be in charge at the Etihad , where City have won 11 of 12 matches since losing to Spurs in their first home game of the season.

Chelsea at least pose a serious goal threat – they have netted in 27 of their 29 matches – and that is an ideal platform for BOYLE Sports ’ Sub Swap feature.

For example, Cole Palmer is 9/1 for first goalscorer and if he is replaced with the game scoreless, that bet will instantly transfer to his replacement – possibly one of Alejandro Garnacho , Marc Guiu , Liam Delap or Estevao – if they are substituted without netting.