Chelsea vs Man City

18 August 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Erling Haaland 18’
  • Mateo Kovacic 84’

Match summary

Man City won 2-0 away at Chelsea. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Erling Haaland put Man City ahead in the 18th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic made it 0-2 in the 84th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Chelsea created 1.06 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Man City 1.18 from 11.

Match stats

Chelsea Man City
10 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.06 xG 1.18
1.06 Non-penalty xG 1.18
8 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Chelsea Man City
Kick-off
18’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Bernardo Silva0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
84’
Mateo Kovacic0-2 (Man City)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Chelsea
  • Moisés Caicedo
Man City
  • Erling Haaland

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 1.18 18’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-1 18’ 84’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), 0-2 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.06 1.18 18’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-1 Haaland 18’ 84’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), 0-2 Kovacic 84’
Chelsea 1.06 xGMan City 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Chelsea attacking 
18’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 61’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 51’ Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 52’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 61’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 40’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 10’ Wesley Fofana (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 22’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 18’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 51’ Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 52’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 61’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 40’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 11’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 10’ Wesley Fofana (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 22’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Malo Gusto DEF900 0.000.000
Wesley Fofana DEF901 0.050.000
Levi Colwill DEF900 0.000.000
Marc Cucurella DEF860 0.000.000
Moisés Caicedo MID901 0.020.031
Romeo Lavia MID730 0.000.551
Cole Palmer MID902 0.060.082
Enzo Fernández MID903 0.200.000
Christopher Nkunku MID651 0.130.031
Nicolas Jackson FWD731 0.550.202
Pedro Neto Sub251 0.050.132
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Sub170 0.000.000
Marc Guiu Sub170 0.000.000
Renato Veiga Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 26% Avg odds 3.64
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Man City win 49% Avg odds 1.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 1-1 Chelsea, 17 Feb 24 Next meeting: Man City 3-1 Chelsea, 25 Jan 25  All Chelsea vs Man City meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.