These are the Chelsea vs Manchester City confirmed lineups for their Premier League clash. This match took on some new impetus recently with the departure of Enzo Maresca, it went from a chance to make a stride back to having momentum to a terse interim manager as the fanbase awaits the new appointment. The Cityzens will be hoping to take advantage of this instability and ruthlessly pick apart their opponents to keep pace with Arsenal and Aston Villa in the title race.
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Chelsea vs Manchester City Confirmed Lineups for Premier League Tie
Chelsea Team News
Filip Jorgensen starts in goal with a back line of Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, and Malo Gusto. Reece James partners Enzo Fernandez in midfield. Estevao, Cole Palmer, and Pedro Neto support Joao Pedro up front.
Notable Changes
A huge change in goal as Rob Sanchez is out of the squad entirely for an undisclosed reason. Wes Fofana is also absent with only Tosin Adarabioyo and Jorrel Hato on the bench as defensive depth. The formation is the usual 4-2-3-1 base.
Manchester City Team News
Gigio Donnarumma starts with Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, and Nico O’Reilly in the back line. Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, and Rayan Cherki support Erling Haaland up front.
Notable Changes
Nico Gonalez, Savio and Nathan Ake make way for some of the usual starters with a 4-1-4-1 style setup being utilised.
Chelsea Premier League Squad
- Rob Sanchez
- Filip Jorgensen
- Gaga Slonina
- Max Merrick
- Marc Cucurella
- Tosin Adarabioyo
- Benoit Badiashile
- Levi Colwill
- Jorrel Hato
- Trevoh Chalobah
- Reece James
- Malo Gusto
- Wes Fofana
- Josh Acheampong
- Mykhailo Mudryk
- Enzo Fernandez
- Cole Palmer
- Dario Essugo
- Andrey Santos
- Moises Caicedo
- Facundo Buonanotte
- Romeo Lavia
- Reggie Walsh
- Landon Emenalo
- Ollie Harrison
- Pedro Neto
- Liam Delap
- Jamie Gittens
- Joao Pedro
- Tyrique George
- Marc Guiu
- Estevao
- Alejandro Garnacho
- Shumaira Mheuka
- Ryan Kavuma-McQueen
Manchester City Premier League Squad
- James Trafford
- Marcus Bettinelli
- Stefan Ortega
- Gianluigi Donnarumma
- Ruben Dias
- John Stones
- Nathan Ake
- Rayan Ait-Nouri
- Josko Gvardiol
- Abdukodir Khusanov
- Kaden Braithwaite
- Rico Lewis
- Stephen Mfuni
- Tijjani Reijnders
- Mateo KOvacic
- Rayan Cherki
- Nico Gonzalez
- Rodri
- Bernardo Silva
- Matheus Nunes
- Nico O’Reilly
- Kalvin Phillips
- Phil Foden
- Oscar Bobb
- Charlie Gray
- Divine Mukasa
- Omar Marmoush
- Erling Haaland
- Jeremy Doku
- Savingo
- Ryan McAidoo
- Jaden Heskey
- Reigan Heskey
(both squads via Premier League site)
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