Personal AreaMatch Overview
Manchester City, taking on Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, have the chance to win the Premier League title right then and there if they get all three points. Frank Lampard, no friend of Manchester City, will be looking to gel his team on and delay the inevitable for the home team for as long as they can. This means that this game has all the makings for a classic.
Key Highlights
City come into this game on the back of a stupendous and thumping 4-0 win over Real Madrid in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League and have stormed into the final, where they will take on Inter Milan on 10 June. Chelsea, on the other hand, drew with Nottingham Forest by a 2-2 scoreline in their previous game in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola's men will have no better opportunity to wrap the title up.
Injury Report
Chelsea have a long list of injured players in their ranks which includes the likes of Reece James, N'Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly and Ben Chilwell among others. In other words, it seems as if the entire Chelsea defence is in shreds. Manchester City, on the other hand, only have Nathan Ake missing for them owing to a calf injury.
Prediction
Manchester City are the overwhelming favourites to win this game. There is a gulf in class between the two teams who will take to the field here. The home team will not get a better chance to wrap the Premier League title up, wrapping up a wonderful heist in which they managed to sneak it from under Arsenal's grasp after an entire season in which it seemed as if the Gunners would finally make it. Not to be.
Other Predictions
There have been a total of 32 games recorded between these two teams in the past, out of which Barcelona have won 23...
Milan will be severely handicapped by the fact that they have only won one game out of the last five that they have played against Inter...
Leicester look quite precariously placed in the eighteenth spot of the league table, and a few odd results here and there could guarantee demotion for them...
Although Manchester City will feel that they might have an advantage owing to playing at home, Real Madrid's pedigree in this competition is hard to miss out upon...
The home team will be boosted by the fact that they have not lost to Leipzig in the last eleven matches that they have played...
Barcelona, despite having no horse in this race and having already won the title, will not let their opponents win this game cheaply...
Having cemented their place in the final of the UEFA Champions League on 10 June, Inter will want to get a win here and continue the momentum that they have with them...
Although Arsenal have the support of their home conditions and fans, Brighton are on the uprise and will challenge them throughout the ninety minutes of game time...
Atletico Madrid have won four of their last five matches. This means that form is in favour of the side from the capital of Spain. ..
This is going to be an interesting game as we will have the champions of cup football in Italy by the end of the evening...
Only a win can give the crown to Dortmund, and they will be ready for it. ..
Manchester United, quite natually, have an obvious advantage given that they are playing at home...
