Manchester City – Chelsea, Prediction – Premier League

🏆 Man City is one step away from the title

City totally outplayed PSG and beat them 2-0 on Tuesday night. For the first time in their history, the citizens qualified for the final of the Champions League. Their distinguishing feature at the moment is the press. Many teams can press well, but not the way City is doing it right now. The synchronicity in the team’s game is phenomenal, and this, garnished with the individual class, makes the citizens a well-oiled machine, behind which, of course, stands the genius of Pep Guardiola. We believe that for some time now the teams that know how to play well without a ball have the greatest success. For example, Liverpool have made such strong last 2-3 seasons for this very reason. Man City only need to win 3 points by the end of the season to take the title, and they can do so in case of a failure of United, but they certainly prefer to do it themselves with a victory in this match. For the team out is John Stones, who is suspended.

⏩ Chelsea continues to fight for the top 4

Chelsea qualified for the 3rd time in its history in the Champions League final. So far, the Blues have won one and lost one. On Wednesday night, they, like City, outplayed seriously and beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home without allowing them to create almost any goal situations. Nothing has been decided for Chelsea in the league yet, because West Ham won their match on Monday and are only 3 points behind the Blues, so they do not have to make a mistake until the end if they want to be sure of their place in the top 4. Management of sportsmanship is one of the many important qualities of the top managers in the Premier League and we dare to say that Tuchel is doing perfectly with what is available at Chelsea because against Real Madrid they looked like a team for which the season is just beginning. The freshness and ease with which they acted against the Spaniards were enormous, and this is not something that has been noticed for the first time lately. For Chelsea Kovacic, he will most likely remain out for the match.

The match is more important for the Blues from London, and they know how to stop City

 Expert view: At the moment, it is finally clear in Chelsea who plays where and everyone found his position. For the first time this season, it can be argued that Chelsea is a team as a team, not a collection of individuals. In this situation, we can’t say that Chelsea is weaker than Man City in a direct match. Our forecast here is Chelsea +0.5 Asian Handicap at 1.96. There are several main reasons for this forecast. The first is that we expect the meeting to be extremely even. Rather, both teams have equal chances of success, and bookmakers give an advantage for City, so the double chance has higher odds and is worth it. The second reason is that Chelsea is currently one of the few teams that know and has the opportunity to beat the citizens and has already proved it is a very important match in the semifinals of the FA Cup. 3rd and perhaps the main reason is that Chelsea have only big games until the end of the season and each of them can be crucial. In such situations, the top teams do not allow themselves any relaxation and play at the limit of concentration, which means that we will see the best of the blues. At City, this is simply not the case, because in practice the season for them in England ended successfully. We expect lower concentration among citizens.