Chelsea and Manchester City face one another for the second time in simply three days after they meet within the FA Cup third spherical on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola’s outfit received 1-0 within the Premier League encounter on Thursday at Stamford Bridge, however this time across the pair meet on the Etihad Stadium as Graham Potter appears to finish a run of only one win in six video games throughout all competitions.
The Blues are boosted by the signing of £37m defender Benoit Badiashile, although he might not come straight into the line-up right here.
Chelsea have reached 5 of the final six FA Cup finals however received solely as soon as in that run, in 2018, whereas Man City’s final triumph got here the next yr. Chelsea have been runners-up the three seasons since then and misplaced on penalties to Liverpool final May.
Here’s every part it’s worthwhile to know earlier than the sport.
When is the match?
Man City host Chelsea within the FA Cup on Sunday 8 January, with kick-off set for 4:30pm GMT.
Where can I watch?
This match is scheduled for broadcast on BBC One. It could be broadcast through the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport desktop web site.
What is the crew information?
Ruben Dias is the one main absentee for the hosts, although Aymeric Laporte may also miss out. Pep Guardiola is more likely to rotate from his final league lineup so the likes of Rico Lewis, Cole Palmer and Stefan Ortega ought to begin, in addition to World Cup winner Julian Alvarez.
For Chelsea, long-term absentees Armando Broja, N’Golo Kante and Reece James are nonetheless out, whereas each Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic went off injured in midweek. Wes Fofana is one other doubt however Carney Chukwuemeka might come into the crew. New signing Benoit Badiashile might make his debut at some stage.
Predicted line-ups
MCI – Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Ake, Gomez, Rodri, Gundogan, Palmer, Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden
CHE – Kepa, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Zakaria, Jorginho, Ziyech, Mount, Chukwuemeka, Aubameyang
Odds
City 3/8
Draw 23/5
Chelsea 8/1
Prediction
City to make it two wins from two in opposition to the Blues and depart extra questions for the brand new Stamford Bridge boss to reply. Man City 2-1 Chelsea.
