Sitting seventh in the Premier League table, Chelsea have 21 points from 13 games. They have gone winless in their last four league games.
Chelsea will be eager to bounce back from recent disappointment when they take on Manchester City in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. This is undoubtedly the clash of the midweek, with the tournament set to lose one of its title favourites in the third round. Chelsea reached the final of this tournament last season before losing out to Liverpool in penalties. This time though it will be extremely difficult for them to get that far due to various reasons. Not only getting past Man City will be a difficult challenge but the Blues’ recent run of form has been extremely worrying.
Manchester City vs Chelsea | Key details |
Date | November 9 |
Venue | Etihad Stadium |
Kickoff time in India | 1:30 am (Thursday) |
Kickoff time in the United Kingdom | 8 pm (Wednesday) |
Sitting seventh in the Premier League table, Chelsea have 21 points from 13 games. They have gone winless in their last four league games and have lost their last two matches. After losing to Arsenal at the weekend in front of their own supporters, Chelsea will be keen to bounce back at the Etihad. However, the job at hand will be extremely difficult. Manchester City are one of the in-form sides in the division and are sitting second in the league with 32 points from 13 games. They have enjoyed good run in the competition recently, hence Guardiola will hope for the same to continue this time as well.
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Manchester City’s injury situation is relatively better compared to that of their opponents ahead of the Wednesday night clash. Joao Cancelo will miss this match for City due to suspension, while the home side will continue to be without the services of Kalvin Phillips. On the other hand, Chelsea’s injury list is quite big. Reece James and Ben Chilwell will be the biggest names to miss out for them. Besides, they will also be without Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana and N’Golo Kante.
Manchester City possible line-up: Ortega, Lewis, Dias, Laporte, Gomez, Rodri, Palmer, Silva, Mahrez, Grealish, Alvarez
Chelsea possible line-up: Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Gallagher, Zakaria, Kovacic, Ziyech, Pulisic, Broja
Manchester City
Opponents | Score |
Fulham | 2-1 (W) |
Sevilla | 3-1 (W) |
Leicester City | 0-1 (W) |
Dortmund | 0-0 |
Brighton | 3-1 (W) |
Chelsea
Opponents | Key details |
Arsenal | 0-1 (L) |
Zagreb | 2-1 (W) |
Brighton | 4-1 (L) |
Salzburg | 1-2 (W) |
Manchester United | 1-1 |
Last 5 Matches (all competitions) | Results |
Manchester City beat Chelsea | 1-0 |
Chelsea lose to Manchester City | 0-1 |
Manchester City lose to Chelsea | 0-1 |
Manchester City lose to Chelsea | 1-2 |
Chelsea beat Manchester City | 1-0 |
The EFL Cup match between Manchester City and Chelsea will take place at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday at 1:30 am IST.
The EFL Cup match between Manchester City and Chelsea can be seen on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Ultra HD, BBC Radio 5 Live, Sky Sports Football, SKY GO Extra in the United Kingdom.