Chelsea vs Manchester City Preview

April 15, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Diego Costa Spain

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea host Manchester City.

The hosts have won just one of their last six games in all competitions, losing to Swansea City last time out – the first league defeat suffered by Guus Hiddink in this his second spell in charge of the club.

That result left the Blues in tenth place, thirteen points off the top four and all but ended their already faded hopes of qualifying for European competition next season.

Diego Costa is available for selection after serving his three match suspension and Willian, Nemanja Matic, Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard could all play some part after returning to training this week though captain John Terry is not yet ready to return.

Costa is 6.0 (5/1) to open the scoring with Paddy Power, with Alexadre Pato a 7.5 (13/2) chance with a variety of firms.

The home win is a 2.75 (7/4) with Bet 365, with the visitors on offer at the same price from a variety of firms. The draw can be backed at 3.53 (38/15) with 888 Sport.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side won both of their league games prior to booking their place in the Champions League semi-finals but remain fifteen points adrift of surprise leaders Leicester City.

They go into the weekend four points ahead of fifth place Manchester United, though their neighbours may have closed the gap by the time this game kicks off with them hosting bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa earlier in the day.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 5.1 (41/10) with 888 Sport with Kevin De Bruyne widely available at 9.0 (8/1).

The sides met just under two months ago with Chelsea running out 5-1 winners in the fifth round of the FA Cup while it was City who were victorious in the reverse league fixture back in August.

You can back over 2.5 goals this time around at a price of 1.95 (19/20) while most bookmakers offer 1.67 (4/6) for both teams to score in the game.

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