Pep Guardiola’s team will go into Sunday’s match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge feeling optimistic about their chances of rebounding quickly after suffering only three defeats in their previous 44 Premier League matches.
In head-to-head competition, Manchester City has defeated Chelsea in their most recent four league matches, winning three of those victories and maintaining a clean sheet in each of those victories.
In the last 11 encounters between these two teams, Chelsea has only been able to win four of those contests across all competitions, while City has only managed to maintain three clean sheets.
N’Golo Kane, Armando Broja, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, and Wesley Fofana are all out for the time being with injuries for Chelsea, according to the latest team news.
Due to an injury, Ruben Dias will not be available for Manchester City’s match on Thursday.
After returning from Argentina’s celebrations after their World Cup victory, Julian Alvarez could get some playing time.
There is no getting around the reality that Chelsea has had trouble maintaining continuity before and during the break for the World Cup.
As a direct consequence of this, they won’t have an easy time competing against Man City.