Already in the first round, a serious rally will be organized in the Premier League, on Sunday, Chelsea will host Manchester City.
The first showdown in the Premier League will be on the table on Sunday, as Chelsea and Manchester City will face each other at Stamford Bridge in the blockbuster match of the opening round. The guests are the oddsmakers of the match, Vegas would pay 1.83 times money for their success…
Team news
Chelsea failed in the final of the League Cup last year, reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, while in the league, compared to how deep they were, they ended up in sixth place, which allowed them to enter the Conference League, so after a year’s absence, they can enter the European Cup again. .
The club management appointed a new master to the bench of the Blues, Enzo Maresca, who won the Championship with Leicester, became the manager at Stamford Bridge. The Italian will not have an easy task, thanks to, among other things, the huge squad, because there are currently 43 (!) players in the Chelsea team…
In the summer, there was again a serious blood transfusion, for example Pedro Neto, Dwesbury-Hall, Jörgensen, Kellyman, Anselmino, Veiga, Wiley, Guiu or Adarabioyo also arrived, Lukaku, Angelo or Kepa returned. On the outgoing side, the names of Maatsen, Hall, Hutchinson, Ziyech or Thiago Silva are worth noting, although several of them did not strengthen the London team last year…
The preparation matches were a success for the capital city, they beat only Club América, drew with Wrexham and Inter, while losing to Celtic, Manchester City and Real Madrid.
On Sunday, Maresca Reece James cannot be counted on due to suspension, while Kellyman and Petrovic cannot be counted on for other reasons.
[4506271] 2024-08-18 17:30:00 Chelsea – Manchester Cityx
As for the visitors, the Manchester side didn’t lack much for a perfect season last year, but in the end they could “only” win the PL in addition to the Club World Cup. They immediately “thrown” the league cup, they reached the finals of the FA Cup, and they reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola begins his ninth season on the bench of the Sky Blues, and the Catalan manager’s team has remained largely unchanged. Julián Alvarez’s name is worth noting on the departing side (after returning, of course, Kalvin Phillips, Couto or Doyle, Sergio Gómez and Harwood-Bellis also left), while Perrone and Joáo Cancelo returned, and Savinho was signed.
Manchester did not do well in the test matches, they lost to Celtic and Milan, they played with Barcelona (then lost on penalties), while they defeated Chelsea. At the same time, they are already over a stakes match, they won on penalties after a 1-1 draw against Manchester United in the final of the English Super Cup, so they immediately started the season with a trophy.
Bobb will miss the weekend meeting due to injury, Rodri will miss it due to rest, and Grealish’s game is uncertain.
What is worth betting on?
The sides met three times last year, played back and forth in the championship, they played 4-4 (!) in London in November, and 1-1 in Manchester in February. In addition, they were also in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, City won 1-0 at Wembley in April. In addition, as mentioned above, they played a training match against each other more than two weeks ago, and even then the Sky Blues won, 4-2, in America.
Chelsea last won against City in a match of any kind a long time ago, in the 2021 Champions League final, or they haven’t been able to win against them ten times in a row (!).
Even now, the balance is more towards the visitors, but we wouldn’t take them out at such odds, especially in the opening round, away from home, that Chelsea is once again considered a bit of a dark horse, and besides, they will present themselves on the bench with a new master, right…
So we would rather go for the goals, because based on the signs, there may be a give and take again in the tension between the parties. Last year, the teams’ match in London produced eight goals (!), while a couple of weeks ago they scored six goals, and we believe that at least three of them can remain, and both sides can score again, so we send this tip into battle in the crowd of the opening round of the PL.
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[4506271] 2024-08-18 17:30:00 Chelsea – Manchester Cityx;
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