The 19th round in the Premier League is now ending (live on Sport1) when Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the main match at the Stamford Bridge Stadium in London.
This is the first meeting between Chelsea and Manchester City in three days, because on Sunday they will meet together in the FA Cup.
A rare opportunity in the Chelsea lineup.
Zeish (Photo: GettyImages, Catherine Ivill)
Chelsea hosted Nottingham Forest on Sunday and were hoping to record a second straight win since returning from the World Cup break, but only managed a 1-1 draw against the team below the red line.
If you win, you will stick with Liverpool and be at a relatively reasonable distance of seven points from the fourth place that leads at the end of the season to the Champions League.
Coach Graham Potter went 11 with Hakim Zaish, while Mason Mount is not in the squad due to a blow he received in training.
Another change made is the replacement of Jorginho with Mateo Kovacic, who will collaborate in the midfield with Denis Zakaria.
Christian Pulisic, Rahim Sterling and Kai Habertz continue together at the edge.
On the other hand, Manchester City failed in a home game against Everton, against which it ended in a 1:1, thus allowing Arsenal to increase the gap at the top.
The Gunners played against Newcastle in the 19th round and finished 0:0, so the Citizens have a chance to return the gap to five points, but for that they need to win at Stamford Bridge for the second time in a row and the third time in their last four visits there in the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola also made changes compared to the previous game and those who returned to the lineup are Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden, three who have not started in the lineup since the return from the World Cup break and have now taken the place of the young Rico Luis, Manuel Akanji and Jack Grealish.
Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Brauna and Erling Holland will lead the champion's attack.
He also returned to Guardiola's team.
Foden (Photo: GettyImages, Jan Kruger)
the progress of the game:
English league 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Arsenal
17
14
2
1
14-40
44
2
Manchester city
16
11
3
2
16-44
36
3
Newcastle
18
9
8
1
11-32
35
4
Manchester United
17
11
2
4
20-27
35
5
Tottenham
18
10
3
5
25-37
33
6
Liverpool
17
8
4
5
22-34
28
7
Fulham
18
8
4
6
27-30
28
8
Brighton
17
8
3
6
25-32
27
9
Brentford
18
6
8
4
28-30
26
10
Chelsea
16
7
4
5
18-20
25
11
Aston Villa
18
6
4
8
26-20
22
12
Crystal Palace
17
6
4
7
25-17
22
13
Leicester City
18
5
2
11
31-26
17
14
Leeds
17
4
5
8
31-25
17
15
Nottingham Forest
18
4
5
9
34-13
17
16
Bournemouth
18
4
4
10
39-18
16
17
West Ham United
18
4
3
11
24-15
15
18
Everton
18
3
6
9
24-14
15
19
Wolves
18
3
5
10
11-27
14
20
Southampton
18
3
3
12
33-15
12
In the first, Manchester City will host Chelsea (18:30, Sport1) as part of the third round of the FA Cup.
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