Pep Guardiola’s imperious London record and another Erling Haaland landmark – Stat Preview: Chelsea vs Manchester City (Premier League)

Manchester City travel to Stamford Bridge on Thursday night to take on Graham Potter’s Chelsea with a view to cutting the gap to Arsenal down to five points.

Following a 0-0 draw between Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leaders and Newcastle on Tuesday night, Pep Guardiola and his players will be well aware that a win in the capital this week could bring the gap at the top down significantly – offering hope after a dismal weekend.

Saturday afternoon saw City held up by Frank Lampard’s Everton in a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium, with the Toffees following up their inspired performance with a 1-4 home defeat to Brighton this week.

With Manchester City needing to settle for nothing less than a win against Chelsea, here are the all important statistics and potential landmarks around Thursday night’s clash at the Bridge.

Chelsea

• No side has beaten Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on more occasions in the Premier League than Chelsea, who have five wins since the start of the 2016/17 season.
• Mason Mount is the only Chelsea player who has played in all 23 of their games this season.
• Chelsea have lost one of their past 11 Premier League games at Stamford Bridge (W6, D4).
• Chelsea have only failed to score at least one goal once in their last 23 home Premier League games.
• Chelsea have won 25 points in their 16 Premier League matches so far this season – their fewest at this stage since the 2015/16 campaign (15).
• Chelsea have suffered two defeats in their 15 Premier League matches played on a Thursday (W8, D5), and are unbeaten in their last seven such fixtures.

Manchester City

• Pep Guardiola has lost just seven of his 34 Premier League games in London as Manchester City manager (W22, D5), with these seven defeats coming against either Chelsea (3) or Tottenham (4).
• Manchester City have won their first Premier League game in each of the last 10 calendar years, since a 1-0 loss at Sunderland in 2012.
• Manchester City‘s first Premier League game in each of the last two years has come in London (3-1 vs Chelsea in 2021, 2-1 vs Arsenal in 2022).
• Since the middle of February 2022, Manchester City have won 20 of their 28 Premier League games, losing two.
• Manchester City are aiming for their third consecutive league win away from home.
• Manchester City have scored more goals than any other Premier League side this season (44), while with 16 goals conceded their games have also seen more goals than those for any other side (60).
• Manchester City have scored 22 first-half goals in their 16 games, more than any other side in the Premier League this season.

Previous Meetings

• Chelsea have lost their last two Premier League home games against Manchester City.
• Manchester City did the Premier League double over Chelsea last season.
• Chelsea’s last win against Manchester City was in the 2021 Champions League final.
• Manchester City have only once won three games in a row against Chelsea in the Premier League (December 2009 to September 2010).
• Chelsea’s last Premier League win against Manchester City came in May 2021 – 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.
• Manchester City have won seven of their last 10 Premier League games against Chelsea (L3).
• Chelsea’s last home win against Manchester City was in June 2020 behind closed doors.

Potential Landmarks

• Ederson is two Premier League appearances away from his 200th in the competition.
• Erling Haaland is now just four goals away from 25 in the Premier League.