Chelsea (15 wins, 6 draws, 9 losses) welcomes Manchester City (20-3-7) Thursday at 3:15 p.m. ET in a battle between two clubs in the top four of the English Premier League table. We analyze the Chelsea-Manchester City sports betting odds and lines, while providing English Premier League betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City: Key injuries
Chelsea
- F Callum Hudson-Odoi (ankle) questionable
- D Fikayo Tomori (muscular) out
- MF Marco van Ginkel (cruciate ligament) out
Manchester City
- F Sergio Aguero (knee) out
- GK Claudio Bravo (thigh) questionable
- D Eric Garcia (concussion) out
- D Aymeric Laporte (hamstring) doubtful
- F Leroy Sane (knee) doubtful
- D John Stones (ankle) questionable
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Chelsea vs. Manchester City: EPL odds, betting lines and picks
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Prediction
Manchester City 2, Chelsea 1
Moneyline (ML)
MAN CITY (-125) has been on a mission since returning from the three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The team has posted a pair of clean sheets against Burnley (5-0) and vs. Arsenal (3-0). Now, it will try to upend Chelsea (+310), which lurks fourth in the EPL table, but 12 points back of second-place Man City. It won’t be a blowout at Stamford Bridge in Fulham, but Man City will come away with three points on this business trip.
MAN CITY TO WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE (+210) is a value play. Man City is not going to keep rattling off clean sheets, and The Blues are easily the most potent offense it will have faced since returning.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 3.5 (-200) will cost you a pretty penny, but this one shouldn’t see more than three goals. Man City has been locking it down on defense, while Chelsea yielded just one goal to Aston Villa in its only game since the return. Plus, Chelsea has coughed up only one goal in the past three matches across all competitions. In addition, Man City lost striker and leading goal scorer Sergio Aguero (16 goals, 24 matches) to a knee injury Monday vs. Burnley – manager Pep Guardiola said after the game that it “doesn’t look good.” Unfortunately for Man City, Aguero is expected to miss the remainder of the EPL campaign.
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