• This Sunday, watch the big Premier League game at Stamford Bridge
•Chelsea vs Manchester City
• And here are the stats and interesting facts before the big showdown in London
The new Premier League season 2024/25 kicked off with a thrilling late winner from Joshua Zirkzee as Manchester United edged out Fulham 1-0 on Friday night. Saturday will be the turn of Liverpool and Arsenal before Sunday’s “super big match” is served as Chelsea host defending champions Manchester City at home. Here are some interesting statistics and facts…
Both are in great form in the league.
Before the unexpected (but fan-pleasing) managerial change from Mauricio Pochettino to Enzo Maresca, Chelsea were on track.
Cole Palmer scored, Nicholas Jackson kept scoring, Noni Madueke was brilliant, Conor Gallagher provided excellent support and the back four looked in tune, limiting the number of goals conceded in most games.
That made it five consecutive wins for Chelsea, the best stretch of a turbulent season.
- 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
5-0 West Ham United
3-2 Nottingham Forest
2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
2-1 AFC Bournemouth
This is the point that made Chelsea bounce from the middle of the table. From a point where everyone thought they would finish in 8th-9th-10th place, no more than this, to finishing in 6th place, which is not bad when looking at the progress that has been made all along.
Or if we narrow it down to just Stamford Bridge form, it is also no less excellent, with Chelsea winning five straight home games, including being unbeaten in seven home games.
On the Man City side, it is the same old pattern, which is “rushing” and winning without sharing with anyone, which is a repeat of the same pattern that has happened for many seasons and many championships.
Better than Chelsea, Manchester City have won their last nine games in a row between April and May and are unbeaten since being crushed 1-0 by Aston Villa on December 7, 2023.
That’s right, as of 2024, Man City are still unbeaten in the Premier League.
Or with away games, it is not a problem as the Navy has won 10 of the last 11 away games (in the league).
This is it 4-time champion in a row, guys.
Open the field…don’t be careless.
However, the opening game is a matter of no carelessness for all teams.
Of course, Chelsea will initially enter the field with an overall disadvantage against Man City.
And in a narrower picture, Chelsea also lost to “The Team from Manchester” with a landslide score of 0-4 in the opening match of the 2019/20 season, but it was against Manchester United.
At Old Trafford that day, although the first half had only one goal from a penalty by Marcus Rashford, the second half was even worse, with three more goals from Anthony Martial, Rashford and Daniel James.
However, Man City have also lost their opening game to a “London team” before, and not long ago.
Premier League 2021/22 opening match: Son Heung-min’s lone goal gives Spurs 1-0 win over Man City
Chelsea and Man City have also met in their opening match, but it must be traced back quite a distance to the 2006/07 season, when the Citizens were still struggling with money from the Middle East. On that day, Chelsea won 3-0 at home with goals from John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.
Erling ‘The Goal Machine’ Haaland
It’s a pity that in a summer full of good football like this one, we haven’t seen one of the greatest strikers of our generation, Erling Braut Haaland, involved in any tournament, be it Euro 2024, Copa America 2024 or even the Paris 2024 Olympics.
People who miss him can see it through shampoo commercials instead! (lol)
For Haaland’s performance against the Lions, it was found that there were 4 official games, scoring 2 goals, but there was only one game where he scored, which was in the 2023/24 season. Haaland scored two in the ยูฟ่าเบท https://ufabet999.app game where Man City was about to win 4-3, but lost a penalty and tied 4-4 in 90+5 stoppage time at Stamford Bridge.
However, if we include the latest pre-season game, in which Haaland scored a hat-trick against Chelsea to help City crush the Blues 4-2, that would be a total of 5 goals in 5 games.
However, the 24-year-old Norwegian’s fearsomeness isn’t limited to his game against Chelsea alone.
Because since moving with a low €60 million release clause from Borussia Dortmund two years ago, Haaland…
- Played in Premier League 66 matches…scored 63 goals.
Played in UEFA Champions League 20 matches…scored 18 goals.
First season played 53 matches…scored 52 goals.
Next season played 45 matches…scored 38 goals.
Played for Man City 99 matches…scored 90 goals.
99 matches…won 6 trophies.
Hello… I’m not a human!
Man City are unbeaten in 10 consecutive games against Chelsea!
The most important thing for this Sunday’s big showdown in London is the stats that show Man City “absolutely” dominated Chelsea.
It turns out that since the Lions sank the ship in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final with Kai Havertz’s winning goal in Lisbon,
Man City have not lost to Chelsea in 10 consecutive games!
2021/22 Home and Away: 1. Man City won 1-0 away (Gabriel Jesus) and 2. Returned to repeat the home victory 1-0 (Kevin De Bruyne)
2022/23 met a lot, up to 4 matches and the ship won in a row: 3. Won 2-0 in the League Cup (Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez), 4. Attacked and beat 1-0 in the league (Mahrez), 5. Destroyed 4-0 in the FA Cup (Mahrez 2, Alvarez, Foden) 6. Ended with a 1-0 win in the league (Alvarez)
2023/24 Draw: 7. and 8. Draw two home and away matches 4-4 and 1-1 as mentioned above. Before 9. Man City edged 1-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-finals (Bernardo Silva 84′)
Nine official games and then another for the 2024/25 pre-season which kicked off in the United States earlier this month – Man City crushed them 4-2 with a hat-trick from Erling Haaland and another goal from Oscar Bobb.
10 matches, Man City won 8, drew only 2.
But will this game be considered “Man City’s 11th game” or “Chelsea’s first game in 11 games”?
Please keep your eyes peeled, 10:30 PM this week.