"Double Blues" staged again, Manchester City double kill or Chelsea revenge?

Manchester City vs Chelsea look ahead

Manchester City have soared in the league, blue moon has won 11 consecutive Premier League games, firmly at the top of the table, Chelsea have won the last two league games, they have fallen behind Manchester City by 10 points.

【Injury Information】

Edson, Sterling, Foden, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Stones and Glallish all missed the FA Cup victory over Swindon, but the club did not confirm which players tested positive for COVID-19 or which have recovered. In addition, Mahrez is representing Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations and he will certainly be absent.

Christensen tested positive for covid-19 and will miss the game. Ngolo and Thiago Silva have returned to the bench and Chelsea will want them to start. Chaloba (hamstring), Chilwell (knee) and James (hamstring) are absent, while Mendy is competing in the Africa Cup of Nations.

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City beat Chelsea 1-0 away from home in the first leg of the league this season, and if won in this round, City will be the fourth double-win in the Premier League era, the previous three in 2009/10, 2015/16 and 2017/18.

The match was the 50th Premier League showdown between the two teams, with City winning just three of their first 25 Premier League games against Chelsea (3 wins, 4 draws and 18 defeats), but 12 of the 24 games that followed (12 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses).

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 15 Premier League games (8 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat), which was a 2-3 away defeat to West Ham United in December. However, Chelsea have won just one of their last five league games (1 win and 4 draws), with 2 of 4 draws losing points while leading.

De Bruyne has scored four goals (3 goals and 1 assist) in his last four Premier League games against Chelsea, and overall he has scored four Premier League goals against Chelsea, and he has only scored more goals (5 goals) against Arsenal in the tournament.

Sterling has scored 49 Premier League goals at Etihad stadium and he has a chance to become the second player to score 50 Premier League goals at Etihad stadium after Aguero (106 goals).