Chelsea vs Manchester City Preview

December 7, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Premier League

Saturday’s Premier League action from Stamford Bridge as Chelsea take on leaders Manchester City.

Having broken the record for the most games without defeat since becoming a Premier League manager, Mauricio Sarri has lost two of his last three league games with the second of those defeat’s coming at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday evening.

That result saw the Blues slip to fourth place and they are now ten points behind the champions going into this weekend’s game.

Jorginho and David Luiz are both expected to be recalled after missing that defeat at Molineux while Ross Barkley could also return after recovering from an ankle injury.

Top scorer Eden Hazard can be backed at 8.0 (7/1) to open the scoring, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek a 16.0 (15/1) chance after scoring in his last two appearances.

The home win is as highly priced as the 4.0 (3/1) on offer from some bookmakers, with the visitors favourites at 2.0 (1/1) with Bet Victor. The draw can be backed at a widely available at 3.8 (14/5).

Pep Guardiola’s side are showing no signs of slowing down with their win at Watford their seventh in a row, and thirteenth from fifteen league games so far.

Sergio Aguero is set to miss a third game in succession as he continues to struggle with a muscle problem, while Oleksanr Zinchenko is also a doubt with a facial injury and the game comes to soon for Kevin De Bruyne.

Gabriel Jesus is priced at 5.75 (19/4) to get the first goal of the game with Unibet, ahead of 11.5 (21/2) chance David Silva.

De Bruyne scored the only goal of the game in last season’s corresponding fixture, with Bernardo Silva the hero as the Citizens also ran out one-nil winners at the Etihad Stadium in March.

The sides also met in the Community Shield back in August with Sergio Aguero scoring both goals in a 2-0 victory at Wembley.

You can back another City win to nil this time around at 3.8 (14/5) with Unibet while some companies offer 2.25 (5/4) for there to be three or fewer goals in the game.

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