Tips for match Manchester City — Chelsea
On Saturday, January 25, the main match of the 23rd round of the English championship will take place between Manchester City and Chelsea. Both teams are fighting for a place in the top 4, and by winning this match, one of the teams will not only rise higher, but also take points from the competitor.
Manchester City seemed to have started to climb out of the hole they fell into, but then they lost to PSG in the Champions League, despite leading with a score of 0-2 in the second half, but lost as much as 4-2. Guardiola continues to shuffle the defensive line, because the problem is apparently there (in his opinion), but what is really wrong is the team's psychology. It seems that 3 crushing victories over Salford, West Ham, Ipswich should have added self-confidence, but the match with the Parisians showed that this is not so. And here in the rivals young and ambitious Chelsea, who although recently lost points, still looks preferable to City.
Perhaps someone will make an argument that Manchester City plays at home, but if you look at their last 5 home matches, you will see that they have won only 2 times in the Premier League. What is more remarkable is that they did not concede in only one of the last 5 home matches, then they won Nottingham with a score of 3-0, although the “foresters” had enough chances for at least one goal.
Chelsea will definitely try not to lose, because then they will fall below 4th place again, which the team definitely does not want, and it will be extremely difficult to return in such a tight competition. But you should definitely not count on Chelsea playing defensively. Young and fast players of the “aristocrats”, with the right conduction from Palmer, can score more than one goal against a weakened City. Of course, the statistics of the last matches say otherwise: Chelsea scored only 1 goal in the last 3 away matches, but this is more likely to be an exception to the rule.
It would seem that a bet on both teams to score suggests itself, but the odds are only 1.38, which is definitely not suitable for most players. But here the tendency that both teams often score in the first halves caught the eye. City fans after the defeat to PSG simply will not understand if their team sits back in attack, and Chelsea is not the team that knows how to play pragmatically from defense. Therefore, I will choose another bet with a more pleasant odds.
Sportwars.net forecast for the match Manchester City - Chelsea, 01/25/2024: 1st half Total Over 1.5, odds 1.93.