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Manchester City vs. Chelsea: Prediction, date, venue, and how to watch Premier League match
Chelsea start life after Enzo Maresca with a trip to the Etihad to face Manchester City on Sunday.
The Blues sacked their manager of 18 months on New Year's Day amid a dour run of results that has seen the London club go from legitimate challengers for the Premier League title to 15 points back of league-leading Arsenal in a matter of weeks.
The drop-off was enough to convince Chelsea's head honchos to relieve Maresca of his duties, leaving the remaining coaching staff to pick up the reins while the club conducts a search for a new gaffer.
On the other side of the pitch, Man City have remained Arsenal's chief rival in the title race and they look to get back into the win column after a scoreless New Year's Day draw at Sunderland ended their six-match winning streak.
DAZN News has all the information for Manchester City vs. Chelsea.
Manchester City vs. Chelsea kick-off date
Manchester City vs. Chelsea will take place at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, January 4, at 5:30pm GMT in the Premier League.
That means that fans watching in North America's Eastern time zone will be able to watch at 12:30pm ET, while kick-off on the West Coast is at 9:30am PT.
- Date: Sunday, January 4
- Kick-off: 5:30pm GMT / 12:30pm ET / 9:30am PT
- Venue: Etihad Stadium
Where to watch Manchester City vs. Chelsea: TV channel, live stream
- Canada: Fubo Sports on DAZN
- United Kingdom: Sky Sports
- United States: Fubo
Manchester City vs. Chelsea: What the managers are saying
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City
(via Man City)
“Don’t talk much if you don’t know what’s going to happen the opponent, because the manager, I don’t know which manager will be sitting there and I’m going to do like I don’t know what’s going to happen.
“No concern. Just think about yourself, what do you have to do with our people who are going to help us and two tough games. Like this, Chelsea and Brighton.
“It has always been a dangerous game against Chelsea. Really good. The Premier League is dangerous every game.”
Calum McFarlane, Chelsea (interim head coach)
(via Chelsea)
"It's been a crazy 24 hours, a whirlwind as you can imagine, but it’s also been really enjoyable and exciting,’ McFarlane told the gathered media at Cobham. ‘I can only be positive about it.
"We don’t know what the future beyond this game is but right now, the brief is just to prepare the lads for Man City on Sunday. That’s all I’m focused on.
"We will go there looking to give a good account of ourselves and trying to obtain a good result. That’s the brief and that’s what we are working on.
"Of course, we know will be facing a good team, in good form and led by a great manager. But we have good players too and we will be going into the game being as positive as possible."
Manchester City vs. Chelsea prediction
The possibility of a new manager bounce is always in play, but there's a reason why Chelsea will have a caretaker boss on the sidelines for this one.
Man City are probably the worst opponents for the Blues to be facing after sacking their manager, and Guardiola's men are primed to take advantage of the chaos in their visitors' changing room.
Prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea
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