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Chelsea FC - Manchester City

25/11/12
Chelsea FC - Manchester City

Chelsea FC and Manchester City face each other in a direct clash of the battle for the Premiership title. If City wins this game, the team will again take the first place in the table, while the three points for Chelsea would put them close to the first two teams. Rafael Benítez has a difficult debut as manager of Chelsea against the current champions of the league. The outcome of this match is of great importance to Benitez, because he was not welcomed well by the Chelsea fans. The main reason for the negative attitude of the fans towards the manager is his stay at the rival Liverpool.

Manchester City are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season, however, they are only four points ahead of Chelsea. Furthermore, City haven`t got a single loss in their last 18 league games. In seven of the last eight home games against City, the Chelsea players have scored at least two goals. In turn, the players of Manchester, with the exception of the game against West Ham, always score at least one goal in their away games. Thus, we can assume that this game will most likely end with at least 2 or 3 goals.

Rafael Benitez managed to get the best out of Torres, while playing for Liverpool. He is expected to lead the attack for Chelsea in this match. Perhaps Torres will finally start to score as he did under the coaching of Benitez. For the home team Daniel Sturridge is a doubt for the game, but Lampard and Terry certainly miss the match due to injuries. Mancini will not be able to rely on Jack Rodwell and Micah Richards, while Vincent Kompany and Gaël Clichy are doubtful to take part in this match. Kompany got injured in the game against Real Madrid and it is not yet clear how bad the injury is.

Manchester City have three draws as a guest in the league so far, and the results over the years in their visits to Stamford Bridge are not promising. However, the guests are constantly developing their game and will surely try to improve their record against Chelsea.

Premier League

Major League Soccer Eastern Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Inter Miami CF 44 21 13 5 3 18
2
FC Cincinnati 42 20 13 3 4 10
3
New York Red Bulls 35 21 9 8 4 9
4
Columbus Crew 33 18 9 6 3 16
5
New York City FC 32 20 10 2 8 5
6
Charlotte FC 32 21 9 5 7 2
7
Nashville SC 26 20 6 8 6 -1
8
Atlanta United 24 20 6 6 8 3
9
Toronto FC 24 21 7 3 11 -8
10
Montreal Impact 22 20 5 7 8 -13
11
Orlando City SC 21 20 5 6 9 -10
12
Philadelphia Union 20 20 4 8 8 -2
13
DC United 20 21 4 8 9 -11
14
New England Revolution 19 18 6 1 11 -17
15
Chicago Fire 18 20 4 6 10 -12
Major League Soccer Western Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Los Angeles FC 40 20 12 4 4 18
2
Los Angeles Galaxy 40 21 11 7 3 14
3
Real Salt Lake 37 20 10 7 3 17
4
Colorado Rapids 31 21 9 4 8 3
5
Portland Timbers 30 21 8 6 7 4
6
Houston Dynamo 30 20 8 6 6 4
7
Minnesota United 29 20 8 5 7 1
8
Vancouver Whitecaps 28 19 8 4 7 3
9
Seattle Sounders 28 21 7 7 7 3
10
Austin FC 27 21 7 6 8 -7
11
FC Dallas 20 20 5 5 10 -5
12
Saint Louis City 19 20 3 10 7 -8
13
Sporting Kansas City 17 21 4 5 12 -11
14
San Jose Earthquakes 11 20 3 2 15 -25

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