Chelsea v Man City

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Sunday afternoon brings us arguably the pick of this weekend's fixtures in the Premier League as Chelsea take on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge with the hosts looking to build upon their recent 4-1 romp against London rivals, Tottenham, and post back-to-back wins for only the second time this season, while Manchester City will be seeking to collect a fourth league win on the trot.

Having struggled to achieve both consistency and positive results, not many people would have foreseen what was to unfold at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in what was a wild one with Chelsea battering Spurs in a comprehensive 4-1 rout amidst red cards and disallowed goals courtesy of VAR!

Nevertheless, Chelsea took advantage of Tottenham's decreased personnel to record a third win in five games which included previous wins on the road at local rivals, Fulham, along with a victory up in Lancashire against Burnley.

However, form and results on home soil at Stamford Bridge have been quite simply poor as The Blues have managed to capture just one win from their last 13 attempts and that was against newcomers, Luton Town, who sit just above the relegation zone while also slipping to six defeats as well.

Ironically, Chelsea did Manchester City a favour by beating Tottenham last weekend as it allowed Pep Guardiola's side to sneak up into top spot following a comprehensive 6-1 thrashing of Bournemouth last weekend and the visitors will be eyeing off another three points against a floundering Chelsea outfit on home soil.

Manchester City have tended not to bother with draws so far this season as The Citizens have racked up nine wins from their opening 11 games of this new campaign and although they did suffer a mini bump in the road, losing to Wolves and Arsenal, normal service has seemingly been restored ahead of this weekend's action in the Premier League.

The visitors have also registered four wins out of their opening six away games this term as well and this is what generally separates City from their challengers is the fact that they can grab important wins on the road and this was underlined in their recent comfortable 3-0 win at Old Trafford against local rivals, Manchester United.

Chelsea v Manchester City Verdict

Chelsea will have been boosted by their resounding win against Tottenham last weekend but nevertheless, although they hold home advantage here this Sunday afternoon at Stamford Bridge, visitors, Manchester City, have held all the aces in recent previous exchanges.

Manchester City have won each of the last six meetings against Chelsea including 1-0 wins in both of their recent away games at Stamford Bridge and another similar scoreline could unfold here in the nation's capital on Sunday afternoon.

Therefore, our main bet will be Manchester City win @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Manchester City win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.50

Correct Score: Man City 1-0 @ 15.00